OBJECTIVE: To determine correlation between pharyngeal airway space and sagittal skeletal malocclusions. METHODOLOGY: Data was collected using pre-treatment records including pre-treatment lateral cephalograms of 54 orthodontic patients. Patients from both gender were included. The age group of selected patients was 15-25 years, Patients belonging to Pakistani ethnicity were included to avoid selection bias. Sagittal skeletal malocclusion was measured by ANB angle to group the skeletal Class I, II and III subjects (ANB=0-4°, ANB > 4° and ANB <0 respectively). Upper pharyngeal space and Lower Pharyngeal space was measured. This cross sectional study was conducted in Orthodontic OPD at Karachi Medical and Dental College, from August 2019 to March 2020. RESULTS: The obtained data showed strong negative correlation between ANB angle and upper pharyngeal space whereas moderately negative correlation between ANB angle and lower pharyngeal space. CONCLUSION: Upper and lower pharyngeal widths were influenced by Sagittal malocclusion. KEYWORDS: Pharyngeal airway space, Sagittal skeletal malocclusion, Obstructive sleep apnea, Sleep disordered breathing, ANB. HOW TO CITE: Siddiqui H, Rizwan S, Faisal SS, Hussain SS. Correlation between pharyngeal airway space and sagittal skeletal malocclusions. J Pak Dent Assoc 2020;29(4):217-222.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the perception of buccal corridor width on smile esthetics by Orthodontic residents, General dentists and Laypersons. METHODOLOGY: A smile photograph was taken of an adult female. The image was modified to obtain five different buccal corridor widths and were assessed by different evaluators grouped into general dentist, orthodontic resident and laypersons who rated the attractiveness of each smile by means of a visual analog scale (VAS). Sample size was 97 participants to rate the picture. Non-probability purposive sampling was done The data was analyzed and mean and SD were calculated for the scores of rating. ANOVA and Tukey's post hoc test was applied to compare the different ratings of buccal corridors in three groups. The data of this cross sectional study was collected from general population belonging to different communities, general dentists and orthodontic residents of different dental colleges of Karachi, Pakistan from August 2019 to March 2020. RESULTS: There were 97 participants who responded to the images. Highest scores were obtained for Image 1 having buccal corridor width ratio of 16% followed by image no. 3 having buccal corridor width ratio of 10% and lowest scores were obtained for Image no. 6 having least buccal corridor widths ratio that is 34% followed by image no 5 having 26% buccal corridor widths. Among the groups of participants, the highest scores were given by laypersons for all images. Significant differences were observed between evaluation of groups of Orthodontic resident and layperson in most images. CONCLUSION: There was a remarkable influence of buccal corridor width on smile esthetics, with the 16% ratio group being rated as the most attractive by all three groups. KEYWORDS: Buccal corridors, Smile, esthetics, Attractiveness