Differentiation between maxillary and malar midface position within the facial profile.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To define midfacial position differentiating maxillary and zygomatic regions and to evaluate the corresponding cephalometric characteristics discerning midfacial flatness and fullness.

Material and methods

A total of 183 pretreatment lateral cephalometric radiographs of non-growing orthodontic patients (age 25.98 ± 8.43 years) screened at our university orthodontic clinic. The lateral cephalographs of the orthodontic patients were stratified in four groups: flat, normal toward flat, normal toward full, full,according to distances from nasion and sella to points J and G (NJ, SJ, NG and SG). J is the midpoint of the distance connecting orbitale to point A, and G the center of the triangle connecting orbit, key ridge and pterygomaxillary fissure

SUBMITTER: Chalala C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6910109 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature