title: [Changes in the value of the mandibular angle and its segments during growth].
abstract: The mandibular angle, an important roentgenocephalometric parameter, undergoes marked changes during growth and development. The dynamics of alterations of the entire mandibular angle and its two segments was studied in a sample of 200 roentgenograms of eugnathic subjects divided into homologous age groups at 10-year scale intervals to the adult age. For each age group, three roentgenocephalometric variables were statistically processed. Results, presented numerically and graphically, led to a conclusion that the size of the mandibular angle and its superior segment decreased considerably in a defined period of time. A decrease in the values of all variables was clearly seen in both adolescence and postadolescence.
authors.affiliation: Stomatoloski Fakultet Sveucilista u Zagrebu.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Muretić
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development*; D008445:Maxillofacial Development
vernacular_title: Promjene vrijednosti mandibularnoga kuta i njegovih segmenata tijekom rasta.