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<p>Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the pharyngeal airway and hyoidmeasurements according to gender and pre-peak, peak and post-peak growthdevelopment stages.Method: In our study were included 531 people. The classification of the patientsaccording to the pubertal growth attack periods in the grouping according to the growthdevelopment period was determined from the lateral cephalometric films taken at thebeginning of the treatment. The pharyngeal airway and hyoid measurements werecompared according to three different growth-development periods. SPSS program wasused for data analysis.Results: A statistical relationship was observed between growth-development periods,gender, and chronological age (p<0.05). A statistically significant difference was found inthe majority (86%) of pharyngeal airway dimensions and hyoid measurements in allthree groups (p<0.05).Conclusions: With age and as the growth-development periods progress, the dimensionsof the pharyngeal airway increase, and the hyoid bone moves downwards.<br></p>