Rodrigues Jensyll, Evangelopoulos Emmanouil, Anagnostopoulos Ioannis, Sachdev Nisheta, Ismail Ahmad, Samsudin Rani, Khalaf Khaled, Pattanaik Snigdha, Shetty Shishir Ram
College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
School of Dentistry, DY Patil University, India.
Heliyon. 2024 Mar 5;10(6):e27284. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27284. eCollection 2024 Mar 30.
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.
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.
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.
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.
本研究是一项开创性的系统评价和荟萃分析，旨在比较II类和III类骨性错牙合对咽气道尺寸的影响。它是首次对该主题先前发表文章中的不同研究结果进行整理和分析的全面评估。本研究的目的是识别比较II类和III类骨性错牙合对咽气道尺寸影响的已发表文章。
对现有的已发表研究进行全面检索，以识别比较II类和III类骨性错牙合对咽气道尺寸影响的同行评审学术文章。检索通过五个电子数据库进行：Cochrane图书馆、EMBASE、Scopus、科学网和PubMed。对文章进行筛选，并使用乔安娜·布里格斯研究所（JBI）批判性评价清单对符合条件的研究进行严格评估。
初步检索产生了476篇潜在文章，其中9篇最终纳入本研究，共866名患者。三项研究为横断面设计，六项为回顾性研究设计。在对这些研究进行批判性分析和审查后，与II类骨性错牙合相比，III类骨性错牙合的体积和面积测量值明显更大。
文献领域的研究已经证实，骨骼分类的差异对咽气道大小有明显影响。随着骨性错牙合发展到III类，气道的体积和横截面积均有增加。
