Assessing the prevalence of velopharyngeal dysfunction and obstructive sleep apnea by correlating cone beam computed tomography parameters of soft palate with the stop bang questionnaire

• Main Authors: V S Madhu Preetha (Author), B G Harsha Vardhan (Author), K Saraswathi Gopal (Author), Arathy S Lankupalli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The relationship between soft palate length and nasopharyngeal depth can be used to determine the velopharyngeal dysfunction and is called Need's ratio. Need's ratio should be in a range of 0.6-0.7 in normal subjects. Any increase greater than 80% demonstrated a risk for deve...