Abstract
Background: This study is a pioneer systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at comparing the influence of Class II and Class III skeletal malocclusions on pharyngeal airway dimensions. It stands as the inaugural comprehensive assessment to collate and analyze the disparate findings from previously published articles on this topic. The objective of this study was to identify published articles that compare the effects of class II and class III skeletal malocclusion on the pharyngeal airway dimensions. Methods: An all-inclusive search for existing published studies was done to identify peer-reviewed scholarly articles that compared the influence of class II and class III skeletal malocclusion on pharyngeal airway dimensions. The search was done via five electronic databases: Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed. Screening of the articles was done and the eligible studies were critically assessed using the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Critical Appraisal Checklist. Results: The initial search yielded 476 potential articles of which, nine were finally included in this study for a total of 866 patients. Three studies were of cross-sectional design and six were of retrospective study design. Following a critical analysis and review of the studies, class III skeletal malocclusion had significantly larger volume and area measurements compared to class II skeletal malocclusion. Conclusion: Research in the field of literature has established that variations in skeletal classifications have a discernible effect on the size of the pharyngeal airways. With the advancement of skeletal malocclusions to a class III, there is an observed increase in both the volume and cross-sectional area of the airways.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e27284 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Heliyon |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 11 Mar 2024 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Mar 2024 |
Bibliographical note
CRediT authorship contribution statementJensyll Rodrigues: Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Visualization, Validation, Supervision, Software, Resources, Project administration, Methodology, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Formal analysis, Data curation, Conceptualization. Emmanouil Evangelopoulos: Writing – review & editing, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Formal analysis, Data curation, Conceptualization. Ioannis Anagnostopoulos: Writing – review & editing, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Formal analysis, Data curation, Conceptualization. Nisheta Sachdev: Writing – review & editing, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Formal analysis, Data curation, Conceptualization. Ahmad Ismail: Writing – review & editing, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Formal analysis, Data curation, Conceptualization. Rani Samsudin: Writing – review & editing, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Formal analysis, Data curation, Conceptualization. Khaled Khalaf: Writing – review & editing, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Formal analysis, Data curation, Conceptualization. Snigdha Pattanaik: Writing – review & editing, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Formal analysis, Data curation, Conceptualization. Shishir Ram Shetty: Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Visualization, Validation, Supervision, Software, Resources, Project administration, Methodology, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Formal analysis, Data curation, Conceptualization.
Data Availability Statement
Data available at Figshare.com 10.6084/m9.figshare.25283131.Keywords
- Cephalometric
- Pharyngeal airway
- Skeletal malocclusion