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The buccal corridor as a possible morphological risk indicator for sleep disordered breathing
1Private Practice, Faculty Kois Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Objective:
To explore a possible morphological relationship between buccal corridor, gingival display, transpalatal molar width, palatal height, and a cephalometric measurement (PV-A Line) as a risk indicator for sleep-disordered breathing.
Materials And Methods:
Thirty subjects were enrolled. Full face maximum smile images and CBCT scans were taken. A Pearson correlation coefficient was used to identify any relationships between the variables.
Results:
No correlations were identified between any of the variables investigated in this study as they relate to risk factors for sleep-disordered breathing.
Conclusions:
The amount of buccal corridor space in relation to a patient's smile and the amount of gingival display does not appear to be a reliable metric in identifying certain morphological risk factors for sleep-disordered breathing.
Clinical Significance:
Assessing the amount of buccal corridor space in relation to a smile does not appear to be a reliable predictor of morphological risk for certain risk factors of sleep-disordered breathing. In addition, utilizing the amount of gingival display in a patient's maximum smile does not appear to relate directly to risks in sleep-disordered breathing. Other tests and discovery may be necessary to identify these types of patients.
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