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2. Purpose
• To find any frontal skeletal assymetry.
• To study the frontal VTO
• To evaluate tooth eruption with segmental
TMJ splint therapy.
• To evaluate improvements in facial or
dental proportions.
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3. Shortcomings
• It is possible that all of the bones of the
face may be overly large or small
particularly in a population with skeletal
deformities.Therefore clinician should
mentally proportion his measurements
comparing them with similar
measurements form the standard.
J. Oral Surg 1978
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5. Planes
• Plane of reference is drawn from Crista
Galli to the ANS to the chin and will be
perpendicular to the Z plane.
• Selected because it closely follows the
visual plane formed between subnasale
and midpoints between the eyes and
eyebrows.
Grummons article JCO 1987
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6. • The first horizontal plane connects the medial
aspects of the zygomaticofrontal sutures.
• The second horizontal plane connects the center
of the zygomatic arches.
• The third horizontal plane connects the jugal
processes.
• A fourth horizontal plane runs through the
menton and is parallel to the first plane.
Grummons article JCO 1987
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11. Frontal Vertical Proportion Analysis
Upper facial ratio
Lower facial ratio
Maxillary ratio
Total Maxillary ratio
Mandibular ratio
Total Mandibular ratio
Maxillomandibular ratiowww.indiandentalacademy.com
12. Shortcomings
• Difficulty in reproducing head posture.
• Difficulty in identifying landmarks due to
poor technique or superimposed
structures.
• Concern about radiation exposure.
Grummons article JCO 1987
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14. Purpose
• To be able to analyse variation in facial
bone as well as the dentition in relation
to the jaws.
• Analysis for patients requiring
orthognathic surgery
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15. Planes
• Uses constructed true horizontal as a reference
plane.
• Occlusal plane is drawn form the buccal groove
of both permanent molars through a point 1mm
apical to the central incisors of each respective
jaw base.
• Mandibular plane is drawn from Go-Gn.
• The nasal floor plane is the palatal plane.
Burstone article J oral surg 1978
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16. Sample
• Records of 16 female and 14 male subjects obtained
from the Child research council of the University of
Colorado school of medicine.
• The mean measurement values closely correspond with
those of other northern european populations.
• It was a longitudinal sample selected to ensure
consistent standards by age and rate of growth.
• Standards and statistics are available for variations in
age and sex from 5-20 years on the basis of
developmental age.
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17. Construction of horizontal plane
Length of cranial base
N-A-Pg angle
N-A
N-pog
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19. Vertical Dental Measurements
Lower molar to Mand. plane
Lower incisor to Mand plane
Upper molar to Nasal Floor
Upper incisor to Nasal Floor
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20. Maxillary and Mandibular measurements
ANS-PNS
Ar-Go
Go-Pg
Gonial Angle and Chin
Prominence
Ar-Go-Gn
B-Pg
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24. Shortcomings
• Ceph measurements are based on a
reference norm for caucasians not for
other races.
Proffit, White and Sarver text
• SN plane unreliable.
Sassouni article AJO 1955
• Fundamental errors in interpretation must
occur if the details of malocclusion are
related to outside craniometric reference
lines.
Schwarz article AJO 1961
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25. Shortcomings
• It is possible that all of the bones of the
face may be overly large or small
particularly in a population with skeletal
deformities.Therefore clinician should
mentally proportion his measurements
comparing them with similar
measurements form the standard.
J. Oral Surg 1978
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