A lateral cephalogram study for evaluation of pharyngeal airway space and its relation to neck circumference and body mass index to determine predictors of obstructive sleep apnea

• Hauptverfasser: Sandeep Kaur (Verfasst von), Shalu Rai (Verfasst von), Abhishek Sinha (Verfasst von), Vikas Ranjan (Verfasst von), Deepankar Mishra (Verfasst von), Sapna Panjwani (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: The airway is assumed to play a role in dentofacial development. So, several studies tried to correlate patients with normal nasorespiratory functions with different malocclusions and airway dimensions. A narrow upper airway is associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Currently n...