ANALYSIS OF VERTICAL FACIAL MORPHOLOGY IN ORTHODONTIC PATIENTS WITH HYPODONTIA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v10i01.283Keywords:
Hypodontia, vertical facial morphology, lateral cephalogramsAbstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the vertical facial morphology in patients with hypodontia.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Orthodontics department, Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar, from July to December 2018. After the institutional review board approved the proposed study, a total of 155 subjects for the sample were recruited based on a convenient sampling technique.
Results: Out of 155 patients, 90 were male, and 65 were female. Age was between 18 and 25 years, with the mean age of 19.51 years. Records of the sample were evaluated. Vertical facial parameters (Sn-Mp, FMA, and MMA) were determined using lateral cephalograms. The percentage of patients with normal vertical facial morphology (45.2%) was higher than the percentage of patients with low vertical facial morphology (35.5%) and high vertical facial morphology (19.4%). There was a tendency towards low vertical facial pattern in patients with hypodontia. There was no significant difference between the vertical parameters of males and females (P = > 0.05).
Conclusion: This study concluded that patients with hypodontia tend to have a low vertical facial morphology, and the early rehabilitation of the missing teeth can facilitate the vertical growth of the collapsed jaws.
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