{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["7"],"submitter":["Chalala C"],"pubmed_abstract":["Facial flatness indices have been used in anthropology to discern differences among populations. They were evaluated on skulls from around the world.<h4>Aims</h4>(1) to evaluate the use of facial flatness indices in orthodontics and (2) to assess their variation among malocclusions, age and sex.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>A total of 322 cone beam computed tomography radiographs were digitized and three facial indices (frontal, simotic and zygomaxillary) along with three transverse distances (fmo1-fmo2, zma1-zma2 and n1-n2) were assessed and compared between different groups.<h4>Results</h4>The zygomaxillary index was increased in Class II (32.6 ± 0.42; <i>p</i> < 0.001) and decreased in Class III malocclusions (29.4 ± 0.66; <i>p</i> < 0.001) compared to Class I (31.18 ± 0.3; <i>p</i> < 0"],"journal":["PeerJ"],"pagination":["e6889"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6526017"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Facial flatness indices: application in orthodontics."],"pmcid":["PMC6526017"],"pubmed_authors":["Saadeh M","Ayoub F","Chalala C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Facial flatness indices: application in orthodontics.","description":"Facial flatness indices have been used in anthropology to discern differences among populations. They were evaluated on skulls from around the world.<h4>Aims</h4>(1) to evaluate the use of facial flatness indices in orthodontics and (2) to assess their variation among malocclusions, age and sex.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>A total of 322 cone beam computed tomography radiographs were digitized and three facial indices (frontal, simotic and zygomaxillary) along with three transverse distances (fmo1-fmo2, zma1-zma2 and n1-n2) were assessed and compared between different groups.<h4>Results</h4>The zygomaxillary index was increased in Class II (32.6 ± 0.42; <i>p</i> < 0.001) and decreased in Class III malocclusions (29.4 ± 0.66; <i>p</i> < 0.001) compared to Class I (31.18 ± 0.3; <i>p</i> < 0","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019","modification":"2025-04-22T09:27:41.744Z","creation":"2019-07-01T13:53:29Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6526017","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31143536"],"doi":["10.7717/peerj.6889"]}}