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2004

Arch width; brachyfacial; dolichofacial

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Dental Arch Width In Brachyfacial And Dolichofacial Type, Piyarat Apivatanagul, Vachara Phetcharakupt, Ketkunya Suvanprateeb, Ngarmporn Thunyakitpisal May 2004

Dental Arch Width In Brachyfacial And Dolichofacial Type, Piyarat Apivatanagul, Vachara Phetcharakupt, Ketkunya Suvanprateeb, Ngarmporn Thunyakitpisal

Chulalongkorn University Dental Journal

Objective The purposes of this study were to determine arch width in brachyfacial and dolichofacial group and comparing the means of arch width between these groups. Material and method The samples were selected from lateral cephalograms, using SN-MP angle as a criteria to classify facial type, obtained 38 brachyfacial (26 females, 12 males) and 38 dolichofaial (23 females, 15 males) The study models were taken for anterior an posterior arch width measurements both upper and lower jaws. Using Korkhaus referent point and pointed dividers. Studied the lowest, highest, mean and standard deviation values of all arch widths of each facial …