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. 2012 Feb;42(1):23-31.
doi: 10.4041/kjod.2012.42.1.23. Epub 2012 Feb 27.

Facial soft tissue thickness among skeletal malocclusions: is there a difference?

Hasan Kamak  1 , Mevlut Celikoglu
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Facial soft tissue thickness among skeletal malocclusions: is there a difference?

Hasan Kamak et al. Korean J Orthod. 2012 Feb.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the soft tissue thickness of male and female orthodontic patients with different skeletal malocclusions.

Methods: Soft tissue thickness measurements were made on lateral cephalometric radiographs of 180 healthy orthodontic patients with different skeletal malocclusions (Class I: 60 subjects, Class II: 60 subjects, Class III: 60 subjects). Ten measurements were analyzed. For statistical evaluation, one-way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis tests were performed. Least significant difference (LSD) and Dunnet T3 post hoc tests were used to determine the individual differences.

Results: Soft tissue thicknesses were found to be greater for men than for women. Statistically significant differences among the skeletal groups were found in both men and women at the following sites: labrale superius, stomion, and labrale inferius. The thickness at the labrale superius and stomion points in each skeletal type was the greatest in Class III for both men and women. On the other hand, at the labrale inferius point, for both men and women, soft tissue depth was the least in Class III and the greatest in Class II.

Conclusions: Soft tissue thickness differences among skeletal malocclusions were observed at the labrale superius, stomion, and labrale inferius sites for both men and women.

Keywords: Cephalometrics; Facial profile; Skeletal malocclusions; Soft tissue thickness.

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The authors report no commercial, proprietary, or financial interest in the products or companies described in this article.

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Figure 1
The measurement points used in the study: 1, glabella (G); 2, nasion (N); 3, rhinion (Rhi); 4, subnasale (Sn); 5, labrale superius (Ls); ,6, stomion (Sto); 7, labrale inferius (Li); 8, labiomentale (Labm); 9, pogonion (Pog); and 10, gnathion (Gn). Points 1, 2, 3, 9, and 10 were perpendicular to FHP or to the bony surface. The remaining points were measured as follows: point; 4, the distance between point A and subnasale; 5, the distance between prosthion and labrale superious; 6, the shortest distance between the upper incisor and the attachment points of the upper and lower lip; 7, the distance between infradentale and the vermilion border of the lower lip; 8, the distance between point B and the deepest point of the labiomental crease. FHP, Frankfort horizontal plane.
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