ANATOMICAL RATIONALE FOR CHOOSING A BLADE FOR POWER-ASSISTED ADENOIDECTOMY IN CHILDREN DEPENDING ON DENTITION.

Objective: The aim: To study the anatomic features of the facial skull structures in children of various ages depending on dentition.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: One hundred and forty-four children aged 2-12 years were divided into 4 groups depending on dentition. They underwent anthropometric measure¬ments during adenoidectomy. Based on the cosine theorem, the calculated values were obtained.

Results: Results: The distance from choana to the free edge of the retracted soft palate gradually increases from 2.01±0.61 cm in children with stable primary dentition up to 3.09±1.02 cm with mixed dentition. Palato-nasopharyngeal angle in children with stable primary dentition is 126.25±8.76°, in children with aging primary dentition - 132.81±12.21°, and in children with mixed dentition - 120.54±13.72°.

Conclusion: Conclusions: The optimal configuration of the blade for power-assisted adenoidectomy in children with stable primary dentition has an angle of 53.53±8.76°, and the length of the working part of 2.01±0.61 cm, in children with aging primary dentition - 47.18±12.21° and 2.10±0.71 cm, with mixed dentition - 59.45±13.72° and 3.09±1.02 cm, respectively.