@article{article_306409, title={Upper Airway Morphology and Head Posture in Healthy Men and Women}, journal={Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={8}, pages={12–17}, year={2017}, DOI={10.22312/sdusbed.306409}, author={Sağlam, Aynur Medine Şahin and Şenışık, Neslihan Ebru}, keywords={Upper Airway,Natural Head Posture,Cephalometry}, abstract={<div>Objective: The aim of our study was to investigate </div> <div>morphological differences in the upper airway of healthy men </div> <div>and women on lateral cephalometric radiographs. </div> <div>Material-Method: In our study, we evaluated 76 lateral </div> <div>cephalometric radiographs of adult subjects (38 men and 38 </div> <div>women) with class I skeletal pattern taken in natural head </div> <div>posture. In order to determine natural head posture, we used </div> <div>self-balance position, which was transferred to the cephalostat </div> <div>by means of a fluid level device. All lateral cephalograms </div> <div>were traced manually. The effect of gender on upper airway </div> <div>morphology and natural head posture was evaluated using </div> <div>Student’s t-test. </div> <div>Results: We found that measurements used in the </div> <div>determination of natural head posture were similar for men </div> <div>and women. Linear measurements regarding the position of </div> <div>bony structures (MP-AH, AH-AH1, C3ia-AH, and Ba-C3ia), </div> <div>soft tissue (PNS-P, MPT, PNS-Et, TGL, and TGH), tongue </div> <div>area, soft palate area, and oropharynx area were statistically </div> <div>significant, with respect to gender. </div> <div>Conclusions: The hyocervical relation is affected by gender </div> <div>differences whereas hyomandibular relation is well balanced </div> <div>in subjects with normal occlusion and class I skeletal pattern </div> <div>and was not affected by gender. Natural head posture was </div> <div>not affected by gender differences. Tongue area, soft palate </div> <div>area, and oropharyx area are larger in men. However, no </div> <div>statistically significant differences were observed between </div> <div>genders for nasopharynx and hypopharyx areas. </div>}, number={2}, publisher={Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi}