Stefan Idso, Jared Holloway, Pravin Patel, Linping Zhao, David Forbes, Dawei Liu
OBJECTIVES: To assess the effect on the retropalatal airway (RPA), retroglossal airway (RGA), and total airway (TA) volumes and cephalometrics (SNA, SNB, ANB, PP-SN, Occl-SN, N-A, A-TVL, B-TVL) after maxillary advancement orthognathic surgery in patients with unilateral cleft lip/palate (UCL/P) using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The CBCT scans of 30 patients (13 males and 17 females, 17-20 years old) with UCL/P were evaluated at two time points: preoperative (T1) and postoperative (T2)...
June 15, 2023: Angle Orthodontist