Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

The Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (대한구강악안면외과학회)
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Three-dimensional analysis of pharyngeal airway change of skeletal class III patients in cone beam computed tomography after bimaxillary surgery

  • Kwon, Young-Wook (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Min (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kang, Joo-Wan (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Hyen (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Park, Je-Uk (Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Received : 2011.08.24
  • Accepted : 2012.01.20
  • Published : 2012.02.29
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Abstract

Introduction: To evaluate the 3-dimensional changes in the pharyngeal airway of skeletal class III patients after bimaxillary surgery. Materials and Methods: The study sample consisted of 18 Korean patients that had undergone maxillary setback or posterosuperior movement and mandibular bilateral sagittal split osteotomy setback surgery due to skeletal class III malocclusion (8 males, 10 females; mean age of 28.7). Cone beam computed tomography was taken 1 month before and 6 months after orthognathic surgery. Preoperative and postoperative volumes of the nasopharyngeal, oropharyngeal, and laryngopharyngeal airways and minimum axial areas of the oropharyngeal and laryngopharyngeal spaces were measured. Moreover, the pharyngeal airway volume of the patient group that had received genioplasty advancement was compared with the other group that had not. Results: The nasopharyngeal and laryngopharyngeal spaces did not show significant differences before or after surgery. However, the oropharyngeal space volume and total volume of pharyngeal airway decreased significantly (P<0.05). The minimum axial area of the oropharynx also decreased significantly. Conclusion: The results indicate that bimaxillary surgery decreased the volume and the minimum axial area of the oropharyngeal space. Advanced genioplasty did not seem to have a significant effect on the volumes of the oropharyngeal and laryngopharyngeal spaces.

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