Are postoperative pharyngeal airway changes associated with mandibular relapse after setback? A retrospective CBCT-cephalometric cohort study.
Postoperative narrowing of the pharyngeal airway is a well‑recognized consequence of mandibular setback surgery, yet whether this functional compromise actually drives skeletal relapse has not been definitively shown. In this retrospective cohort study, records of 41 patients with angle class III malocclusion who under...