Three-dimensional evaluation of pharyngeal airway and maxillary arch in mouth and nasal breathing children with skeletal Class I and II

• Main Authors: Janvier Habumugisha (Author), Shu-Yu Ma (Author), Amin S. Mohamed (Author), Bo Cheng (Author), Min-Yue Zhao (Author), Wen-Qing Bu (Author), Yu-Cheng Guo (Author), Rui Zou (Author), Fei Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective This study aimed to investigate whether the subjects with mouth breathing (MB) or nasal breathing (NB) with different sagittal skeletal patterns showed different maxillary arch and pharyngeal airway characteristics. Methods Cone-beam computed tomography scans from 70 children aged...