Purpose: Pharyngeal airway space (PAS) assessment after orthognathic surgery is crucial due to the possible resultant breathing hazards. This study compared PAS after mandibular set-back surgery and bimaxillary surgery and its consequent effect on the patients' daytime sleepiness in class III dento-skeletal patients.Patients and methods Twenty-four patients with dento-skeletal class III deformity were divided equally into two groups; group A underwent mandibular set-back surgery while group B had bimaxillary orthognathic surgery through mandibular set-back and maxillary advancement surgeries. PAS area was measured on lateral cephalometric radiographs. Daytime sleepiness was assessed by Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS). All results were recorded pre-surgically, immediate post-surgically and at 6-months post-surgically.
ResultsIn group A patients, the PAS value at T0 (mean of 546.72±66.61 mm2) revealed a non-significant decrease after mandibular set-back surgery at T1 to reach a mean of 542.89±68.65 mm2, which appeared to minimally relapse at T2 to a value still less than T0 (544.00±68.62 mm2) with a final decreased PAS value. In group B patients, the PAS value (mean of 555.05±75.04 mm2) revealed a non-significant increase after bimaxillary surgery at T1 reaching a mean of 555.73±79.34 mm2 which re-increased at T2 to a mean value of 557.79±78.23 mm2. Following the pattern of PAS, the ESS recorded non-significant changes in both groups from the preoperative values to values at T1 and T2.
ConclusionDespite of the resulted post-surgical different changes, orthognathic surgery appeared to have no significant effect on PAS area nor on daytime sleepiness in a six-month duration.
Objectives:The aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of linear measurements performed with two different CBCT software. (Romexis® software and ONDEMAND 3 D software).
Methods:The sample consisted of fifteen dry mandibles marked with radiopaque markers of gutta-percha balls (size 80, 1.5 mm long) which were glued on the marked anatomical landmarks with cyanoacrylate gel, ten linear measurements were conducted on the dry mandibles using digital caliper to provide gold standard measurements. The mandibles were scanned by using Planmeca ProMax 3D Mid and images were exported into (DICOM) file then imported in to two software programs. The same ten linear measurements were conducted on the scanned images by using measure length tool of both romexis and Ondemand software programs.Results: Intra-examiner reliability of gold standard and image measurements were found to be excellent, Inter-examiner reliability of physical and Romexis® software was found to be excellent (ICC>0.9) and the Inter-examiner reliability of physical and ONDEMAND 3 D software was found to be poor (ICC <0.5) Conclusions: Romexis® software is more reliable method for planning surgical procedure in the dental practice than ONDEMAND 3 D software.
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