Orthodontic consequences of airway inadequacy due to adenoids

Abstract EN

The current study was performed to investigate the possible association bet-ween nasopharyngeal airway inadequacy due to enlarged adenoid and some dento-alveoular characteristics in subjects 3–17 years old in Mosul City.

Twenty four patients (12 males and12 females) were randomly selected from patients who admitted to Ear Nose and Throat Department at Al–Zahrawi Teach-ing Hospital in Mosul City and who indi-cated for adenoidectomy to relieve severe nasal obstruction.

Sixteen variables were recorded and analyzed using Statistical Pa-ckage for Social Sciences system loaded on Pentium IV computer.

The results proved that a significant correlation existed between nasopharyn-geal airway inadequacy due to enlarged adenoid and some dentoalveoular charac-teristics and females were having high inc-idence of tonsillar enlargement than males.