RESUMO
Objective: compare snoring in individuals with and without maxillary constriction. methods: 124 individuals (mean age, 40.53; SD, 15.59), 81 women and 43 men were evaluated. two groups were formed, 62 individuals with and 62 without maxillary constriction. to assess the snoring, a visual analog scale of snoring severity was used. comparison of snoring scores between groups was performed by the U Mann-Whitney test. simple and multiple linear regressions were also performed. results: the mean snoring scores of the group with maxillary constriction was 3.00+/-2.96, while in the group without maxillary constriction it was 3.87+/-2.90. no statistically significant differences between snoring scores in individuals with and without maxillary constriction was found (p=0.105). the variability of snoring scores was not explained by the presence of maxillary constriction (p=0.100, R2=2.20 percent). conclusion: there was no different between the snoring scores in individuals with and without maxillary constriction. maxillary constriction alone does not influence snoring.