Three-dimensional mandibular characteristics in skeletal malocclusion : A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We aimed to comprehensively analyse a possible correlation between skeletal malocclusions, gender and mandibular characteristics in all three dimensions in adults and to identify mandibular characteristics that are typical for extreme skeletal patterns.

Methods

A 3D model of the skull was calculated in 111 adult patients (mean age = 27.0 ± 10.2 years; 49 women, 62 men) from available computed tomography or cone beam computed tomography scans of their heads. Based on the 3D models, the skeletal patterns were examined in (a) the transversal dimension regarding asymmetry according to menton deviation, (b) the sagittal dimension according to the Wits appraisal and (c) the vertical dimension according to the maxillomandibular plane angle. The mandibular characteristics as

SUBMITTER: Olbrisch C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10879264 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature