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. 2022 May 4:11:22.
doi: 10.4103/jos.jos_149_21. eCollection 2022.

Comparative assessment of various cephalometric facial planes with intercanine width in orthodontic patients

Erum Behroz Khan  1 , Sunia Soomar  1 , Mairah Shah  1 , Samar Fatima  1 , Sohail Khan  1 , Zuhair Ahmed  1 , Sarvaich Kumar  1
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Comparative assessment of various cephalometric facial planes with intercanine width in orthodontic patients

Erum Behroz Khan et al. J Orthod Sci. .

Abstract

Objective: The study was conducted to evaluate the relationship of various cephalometric skeletal patterns in the vertical and anteroposterior planes with intercanine width in untreated orthodontic patients.

Method and material: This study included dental cast and cephalometric radiographs of 100 patients (69 females and 31 males) of the age range 13 to 33 years. Skeletal parameters including SNA, SNB, SNMP angles were found from lateral cephalometric radiographs. Intercanine widths including upper intercanine widths (UICW) and lower intercanine widths (LICW) were measured by a digital caliper.

Results: The correlation of intercanine width with SNA, SNB, and SNMP angles was analyzed by applying Pearson correlation coefficient. According to statistical analysis, the only insignificant correlation was analyzed between UICW with SNB and LICW with SN-MP.

Conclusions: The overall result showed statistically significant relationship of various cephalometric skeletal patterns in the sagittal and vertical planes with intercanine width.

Keywords: Arch width; facial planes; inter canine width; sagittal and vertical skeletal pattern.

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