Title

Determination of pharyngeal airway space volumes and their correlation with gender and age: A retrospective CBCT study

Authors

Naveen Kumar Shetty, Mandavi Waghmare, Sandeep Pagare, Abhishek Mukherjee* & Reema Manoj

Affiliation

Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology School of Dentistry, DY Patil (Deemed to be University) Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Naveen Kumar Shetty - E - mail: nksrad@rediffmail.com
Mandavi Waghmare - E- mail: mandavi.waghmare@dypatil.edu
Sandeep Pagare - E - mail: sandeep.pagare@dypatil.edu
Abhishek Mukherjee - E- mail: abhishekmukherjee20@gmail.com

Reema Manoj - E - mail: dr.reema28@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received December 1, 2024; Revised December 31, 2024; Accepted December 31, 2024, Published December 31, 2024

Abstract

An analysis of full skull cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans of 180 patients to measure the upper airway volumes and analyze correlations with age and gender is of interest. Results showed that 45% of patients had reduced airway volume, 21.7% had increased volume, and 33.3% had normal volumes. Male patients had significantly higher volumes of the nasopharyngeal (NPV) and total upper airway volume (TV) values, with a notable age-related decrease in oropharyngeal (OPV). The study highlights gender and age as significant factors influencing airway volumes.

Keywords

Airway volumes, age, gender, pharyngeal airway space

Citation

Shetty et al. Bioinformation 20(12): 2004-2008 (2024)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.