Exploring the relationship between mouth opening ability, neck measurements, and their implications for oncology patients undergoing radiotherapy

Abstract

Author(s): Nameer Fadhel*, Duraid Hameed AbidAlkadem, Sahar Fawzi Abdulla

Aim/purpose: The purpose of the study (well Iraqi adults) is to 1) Determine the association between neck edges and maximum mouth opening, 2) Assesses overweight/obese association between neck edges and maximum mouth opening, 3) Evaluates neck circumference as a metabolic risk marker, 4) To compare and reveal on the available study discovering the differences in the anatomic, clinical, anthropometric and other characteristics of different structures of the human anatomy, 5) Maximum Mouth Opening (MMO) capability and neck measurement in the normal adult is an essential analytic reference for dental and anesthetic clinicians, 6) The Neck Circumference (NC) size is the simple screening measurement in which can be used as an index of upper body measurements reference for dental and anesthetic clinicians.

Materials and methods: Whole of 150 young, Iraqi healthy the adults age (18-40 years) (75 male, 75 female) was designated to the cross-sectional, education. Subsequently procurement ethical approval from Diyala university medical college start study from September 2020–February 2022 in Ba'quba teaching hospital. Were logged the maximum mouth opening, age, sex, height, and weight of the members. Independent (sample t-tests) were used to inspect variance maximum mouth opening comparative to the sex. The Pearson’s correlation and simple linear regression was used to estimation association among maximum mouth opening and each neck measurement. A questionnaire in which entailed of anthropometric measurements and demographic structures were use.

Results: The average maximum mouth opening cross a 150 members were 52.22, 5.19 mm, and the average maximum mouth opening of males (53.18, 5.31 mm) were a significant higher than of the females (49.62, 3.69 mm; P<0.001). The mean maximum mouth opening were moderately positively associated with the height (P<0.001) and weight (P<0.001). In the reversion model, it were assessed that, for each 11 cm or 11 kg. The maximum mouth opening increased by about 3.8 mm or 2.7 mm.

Conclusion: Through restrictions of the parameters of the current study, both the height and the weight were establish significant associated through the maximum mouth opening of the Iraqi young healthy adult and might be important analysts of the (maximum mouth opening) size. The Neck Circumference (NC) size is the simple screening measurement in which can be used as an index of upper body measurements reference for dental and anesthetic clinicians.

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