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KMID : 0358920040310040721
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pedodontics
2004 Volume.31 No. 4 p.721 ~ p.728
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PHYSIOANATOMY OF NASOPHARYNGEAL SPACE AND HYPERNASALITY IN CLEFT PALATE
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Cho Joon-Hui
Pyo Wha-Young
Choi Hong-Shik
Choi Byung-Jai
Son Heung-Kyu
Sim Hyun-Sub
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Abstract
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Velopharyngeal closure is a sphincter mechanism between the activities of the soft palate, lateral pharyngeal wall and the posterior pharyngeal wall, which divides the oral and nasal cavity. It participates in physiological activities such as swallowing, breathing and speech. It is called a velopharyngeal dysfunction when this mechanism malfunctions. The causes of this dysfunction are defects in (1) length, function, posture of the soft palate, (2) depth and width of the nasopharynx and (3) activity of the posterior and lateral pharyngeal wall.
The purposes of this study are to analyze the nasopharynx of cleft palate patients using cephalometry and to evaluate the degree of hypernasality using nasometry to find its relationship with velopharyngeal dysfunction.
The following results were obtained :
1. In cephalometry, there were significant differences in soft palate length, soft palate thickness, nasopharyngeal depth, nasopharyngeal area, and adequate ratio between two groups.
2. In nasometry, there were significant differences between two groups in vowel /o/ and sentences including oral consonants.
3. In cleft palate patients, though no general correlation was found between Anatomic VPI and nasalance scores, vowel /i/ and sentences including oral consonants were slightly correlated.
In conclusion, cephalometry and nasometer results were significantly different between the two groups. Though in the cleft palate group. Anatomic VPI and nasalance scores, which are indices for velopharyngeal closure, excluding the vowel /i/ and sentences including oral consonants show generally no significance.
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KEYWORD
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Velopharyngeal Dysfunction, Cephalometry, Nasometer, Hypernasality, Cleft palate
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