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Evaluation of Pharyngeal Airway Space in Skeletal Class I & Class II patterns in Kundrathur Population

Vasanthavalli Devanathan1, Akila Thiruma .

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Aim: To evaluate the pharyngeal airway space present in ethnic population in Kundrathur. Materials and method: A screening camp was conducted    in Kundrathur, 760 people were screened and out of which 120 cephalograms were taken in the Department of Orthodontics, Madha Dental College and Hospital          from people who were willing for fixed appliance treatment based on inclusion criteria. The subjects ranging from 11-30 age group were investigated.  In this study, upper and lower   pharyngeal airway space were measured based on     Mc. Namara analysis. Results: Parametric test was applied. Descriptive statistics were done to assess the mean among the study variables and an independent t-test was used to find out the   measurement values in dental and skeletal malocclusion status. Conclusion: Dental malocclusion was shown to be highly significant than skeletal malocclusion.


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