ASSESSMENT OF MAXILLARY DENTAL MIDLINE DEVIATION FROM FACIAL MIDLINE IN DENTATE PATIENTS: A LOCAL STUDY AT BACHA KHAN DENTAL COLLEGE
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https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v16i01.866Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate the frequency of non-coincidence between the maxillary dental midline and the facial midline in dentate patients.
Materials and Methods: The study comprised 329 dentate individuals, male and female, aged 18 to 45 years. A comprehensive patient history was gathered, and the facial midline was identified by measuring essential features from the nasion to the pogonion, including the center of the philtrum, with a scale or dental floss. Any variation between the dental midline and the face midline was assessed, with negative values suggesting a leftward shift and positive values indicating a rightward shift.
Results: With a range of 18 to 45 years, the participants' mean age was 32.39 ±5.71 years; their average BMI was 26.21±1.28 kg/m2, their average blood count was 4.81±0.30 million cells/mcL, and their average duration of illness was 4.25 ±1.82 weeks. Of the participants, 36.2% had misaligned facial and dental midlines (non-coincidence).
Conclusion: According to the study's findings, approximately one-third of the participants had a misalignment between their axillary dental and facial midlines, highlighting how common this misalignment is in the general population.
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