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KMID : 0361920130430040160
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Korean Journal of Orthodontics
2013 Volume.43 No. 4 p.160 ~ p.167
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Three-dimensional evaluation of the relationship between nasopharyngeal airway shape and adenoid size in children
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Oh Kyung-Min
Kim Min-Ah
Youn Jong-Kuk
Cho Hyung-Jun
Park Yang-Ho
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Abstract
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Objective: To evaluate the shapes and sizes of nasopharyngeal airways by using cone-beam computed tomography and to assess the relationship between nasopharyngeal airway shape and adenoid hypertrophy in children. Methods: Linear and cross-sectional measurements on frontal and sagittal cross-sections containing the most enlarged adenoids and nasopharyngeal airway volumes were obtained from cone-beam computed tomography scans of 64 healthy children (11.0 ± 1.8 years), and the interrelationships of these measurements were evaluated. Results: On the basis of frontal section images, the subjects’ nasopharyngeal airways were divided into the following 2 types: the broad and long type and the narrow and flat type. The nasopharyngeal airway sizes and volumes were smaller in subjects with narrow and flat airways than in those with broad and long airways (p < 0.01). Children who showed high adenoid-nasopharyngeal ratios on sagittal imaging, indicating moderate to severe ade-noid hypertrophy, had the narrow and flat type nasopharyngeal airway (p < 0.01). Conclusions: Cone-beam computed tomography is a clinically simple, reliable, and noninvasive tool that can simultaneously visualize the entire structure and a cross section of the nasopharyngeal airway and help in measurement of adenoid size as well as airway volume in children with adenoid hypertrophy.
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KEYWORD
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Cone-beam computed tomography, Nasopharyngeal airway, Adenoid hypertrophy, Adenoid-nasopharyngeal ratio
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