title: Reliability of soft tissue profile analysis in children.
abstract: Soft tissue outlines from profile radiographs, with or without supplementary photographs, do not provide enough information to reliably assess the underlying skeletal pattern in children 8 and 12 years old. Assessment was less reliable at 8 than at 12 years of age. Prognathic patterns were not as readily identified as retrognathic patterns. Specialty training did not affect the correctness of these limited assessments.
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D009970:Orthodontics; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry; D010781:Photography; D013335:Students, Dental