title: Clinical evaluation of maxillary and mandibular prognathism.
abstract: This study focuses on the importance of using natural head posture as a basis for cephalometric analysis. It describes a simple method for transferring a vertical plumbline from a lateral head photograph to a profile radiograph. The method is shown to have a relatively small technical error. Means and standard deviations for the angles HOR/N-A and HOR/N-B between the horizontal line (HOR) on one side and the nasion-subspinale (A-point) and nasion-supramentale (B-point) lines on the other, in random individuals, are presented as standards from which individual cases can be evaluated.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lundström
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lundström
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011187:Posture; D011378:Prognathism / Q000175:diagnosis*