Predominant Shapes of Soft Palate in Chitwan district of Nepal: A Radiographic Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
ntroduction: Soft palate is such a part of nasopharynx and oropharynx which helps in speech, swallowing and breathing. Failures in apposition of soft palate and pharyngeal walls results in velopharyngeal incompetence. Aim: To study various shapes of soft palate on lateral cephalograms in both pediatric group and adult group in Chitwan population. Objective: To find out the predominant shape in pediatric group and adult group in Chitwan population. Material amd Methods: The study comprised of 100 patients at random that included 50 adult patients group of age between 15- 28 yrs and 50 pediatric patients group of age between 7-14 yrs. Shape of soft palate was seen on lateral cephalograms and were assigned a pattern based upon criteria given by You M et al. Results: We found out that type 2 and type 5 patterns were predominantly significant in both adult and pediatric population. Conclusion: Findings of this study can be indulged in studies for closure of palate in cleft palate patients and for the etiological study of OSAS.
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Deepanshu Garg, Deepika Kapoor
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