title: Condylar asymmetry measurements in patients with an Angle's Class III malocclusion.
abstract: Condylar asymmetry/age relationships were investigated in a group of 23 dentate patients with an Angle's Class III malocclusion and no signs or symptoms of temporomandibular disorders and no prior orthodontic treatment. Condylar asymmetry was determined from panoramic radiographs. A graph of age versus asymmetry index was then plotted. There was no significant correlation between age and the asymmetry index in these patients (R2 = 0.019). This is similar to results obtained for a group of patients with a Class I occlusion who were included as controls, and similar to a group of patients with an Angle's Class II division 2 malocclusion investigated previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, Hebrew University Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bodner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008311:Malocclusion, Angle Class I / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic