4. 4
1947, variation in facial relationships:
their significance in treatment prognosis.
2 fold purpose: to appraise the pattern of
facial skeleton exclusive of teeth and the
relation of teeth and alveolar processes to
the facial skeleton.
5. 5
Downs noted that the position of
mandible could be used to determine
whether or not faces were balanced.
His observation were classified into 4
basic facial types.
6. 6
DOWNS ANALYSIS
CONTROL MATERIAL- 20 WHITE
SUBJECTS
AGE GROUP- 12 TO 17 YRS
MATERIAL USED- DENTAL CASTS,
MODELS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND
CEPHALOMETRIC AND INTRAORAL
RADIOGRAPHS
11. 11
USE: MEAURES THE DEGREE OF
MAXILLARY BASAL ARCH AT ITS
ANTERIOR LIMIT RELATIVE TO TOTAL
FACIAL PROFILE.
READ AS NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE
RANGE- -8. 5 TO +10 ;MEAN - O
15. 15
MANDIBULAR PLANE ANGLE
ACCORDING TO DOWNS- TANGENT TO
GONIAL ANGLE AND LOWEST POINT ON
SYMPHYSIS
HIGH ANGLE SUGGESTS
HYPERDIVERGENT FACIAL PATTERN
RANGE 17 TO 28,MEAN -2 1.9
17. 17
Y AXIS
INDICATES DEGREE OF DOWNWARD
REARWARD AND FORWARD POSITON OF
CHIN IN RELATION TO UPPER FACE.
GREATER HORIZONTAL PATTERN,
VERTICAL GROWTH PATTERN.
RANGE – 55 TO 66; MEAN 59.4
18. 18
DENTAL PATTERN:
1. CANT OF OCCLUSAL PLANE
2. INTER INCISAL ANGLE
3. INCISOR OCCLUSAL PLANE
ANGLE
4. INCISOR MANDIBULAR PLANE
ANGLE
5. PROTRUSION OF MAXILLARY
INCISORS.
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CANT OF OCCLUSAL PLANE
ORIGINALLY, DEFINED AS THE LINE
BISECTING THE OVERLAPPING CUSPS OF
FIRST MOLARS AND THE INCISAL
OVERBITE.
RANGE -1.5 TO + 14 ,MEAN- +9.3
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INTERINCISAL ANGLE
IT IS ESTABLISHED BY PASSING A LINE
THROUGH THE APEX OF ROOT OF
MAXILLARY AND MANDIBULAR CENTRAL
INCISORS.
MEAN – 135.4; RANGE - 130– 150
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ITS MADE UP OF 3 PLANES AND 3
ANGLES
3 PLANES ARE-
FRANKFURT PLANE
MANDIBULAR PLANE
A LINE PASSING THROUGH THE
LONG AXIS OF LOWER CENTRAL
INCISOR.
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KESLING’S FORMULA:
IF FMA VALUE DECREASES BELOW 25
THE MANDIBULAR INCISORS ARE TO BE
PLACED LABIALLY BY +1 FOR EVERY
DEGRE DECREASE IN FMA VALUE.
+5 IS THE MAXIMUM LIMIT LABIALLY.
-8 IS FOR MAX LINGUAL POSITIONING
AT FMA OF 33.
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THE OBJECTIVES
1. TO DETERMINE THE POSITION THE
LOWER INCISOR SHOULD OCCUPY AT
THE END OF TREATMENT.
2. DR. TWEED ESTABLISHED A
PROGNOSIS ON THE TREATMENT
RESULT, BASED ON CONFIGURATION
OF TRIANGLE
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THE PURPOSE OF WITS APPRAISAL
IS TO IDENTIFY INSTANCES IN
WHICH THE ANB READING DOES
NOT ACCURATELY REFLECT THE
EXTENT OF ANTEROPOSTERIOR
JAW DYSPLASIA