Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8696082 American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics 2018 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
For patients with moderate asymmetry, there were significant differences between the contralateral and deviated sides for some measuments in the transverse and vertical planes. For those with severe asymmetry, statistically significant differences were found between the sides for all measurements, except for the measuments that evaluated the position of the mandibular condyle in the transverse and sagittal directions. Furthermore, a strong correlation was found in patients with severe asymmetry, between the deviation of the mandibular dental midline and the lateral displacement of gnathion. Conclusions: Patients with relative symmetry had a bilateral balance, whereas those with moderate and severe asymmetries showed several skeletal imbalances. A great deviation of the mandibular dental midline may indicate severe skeletal asymmetry in Class I adults.
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