title: Regressive formula to determine vertical dimension in the edentulous.
abstract: The distances between the cephalometric points of 380 patients with complete natural dental arches were measured. A correlation between the bizygomatic, nasion-subnasal and subnasal-gnathion distances and the vertical dimension was established and a mathematical formula was derived to enable determination of both the physiologic rest position and vertical dimension at centric occlusion in edentulous patients.
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008722:Methods; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000473:pathology*; D014716:Vertical Dimension