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- Title
Relationship of the hyoid bone and posterior surface of the tongue in prognathism and micrognathia.
- Authors
Yamaoka, M.; Furusawa, K.; Uematsu, T.; Okafuji, N.; Kayamoto, D.; Kurihara, S.
- Abstract
Summary In order to study relationship of the hyoid bone and posterior surface of the tongue in prognathism and micrognathia, we focused on the effect of the tongue on the upper airway lumen in 16 patients with Angle's Class II and 51 patients with Angle's Class III, and assessed the position of the hyoid, the depth from the posterior surface of the tongue, from the bottom of the vallecula and from hyoid bone to the posterior pharyngeal wall using lateral cephalograms. We were able to assess significant correlations between the posterior surface of the tongue and hyoid position in Angle's Class III. However, we found no association between them in Angle's Class II. This could be an adaptive feature of the genioglossus in response to hyoid localization to serve a compensatory role to prevent respiratory impairment in micrognathia at risk of apnoea.
- Subjects
HYOID bone; MICROGNATHIA; PROGNATHISM; TONGUE
- Publication
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2003, Vol 30, Issue 9, p914
- ISSN
0305-182X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2842.2003.01069.x