Mandibular rotation and lower face height indicators.
Lower face height indicators and mandibular rotation are assessed at 7 and 12 years of age in a sample of 46 children, comparing the corpus axis and mandibular plane as indicators of change in mandibular position. The parameters involving the mandibular plane consistently show higher correlations.
Ghafari
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Department of Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
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Kelley
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D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D012399:Rotation; D014716:Vertical Dimension