Research Article

Upper Airway Changes following Functional Treatment with the Headgear Herbst or Headgear Twin Block Appliance Assessed on Lateral Cephalograms and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Table 1

Demographic data of the study subjects.

TotalHG-HerbstHG-TB
(n)(n)(n)

Boys945
Girls1798
Total261313

TotalHG-HerbstHG-TB value
(mean ± SD)(mean ± SD)(mean ± SD)

Age at baseline (year)13.1 ± 1.513.5 ± 1.712.8 ± 1.30.128
Age after treatment (year)14.2 ± 1.614.6 ± 1.913.8 ± 1.20.117
Duration of treatment (year)1.1 ± 0.31.1 ± 0.21.1 ± 0.10.497