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Evaluation Of Dentoalveolar Compensation In Skeletal Class Ii Malocclusion In A Pakistani University Hospital Setting, Nabila Anwar, Mubassar Fida
Evaluation Of Dentoalveolar Compensation In Skeletal Class Ii Malocclusion In A Pakistani University Hospital Setting, Nabila Anwar, Mubassar Fida
Section of Dental-Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
OBJECTIVE: To quantitatively evaluate the pattern of dentoalveolar compensation in skeletal class II patients and to find which dentoalveolar parameter compensates the most for this sagittal jaw discrepancy.
STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Dental Section, the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from January 2005 to March 2006.
METHODOLOGY: Cephalometric analyses were performed on pretreatment lateral cephalographs of 87 orthodontic patients who met the selection criteria. Various linear and angular measurements were taken. For a quantitative evaluation of dentoalveolar compensation, association was found between various dental and skeletal parameters by correlation analyses. To evaluate which parameter compensates …