title: [Study of skeletal and occlusal pattern].
abstract: The aims of this study were to analyze the characteristics of craniofacial structure in normal occlusion and to assess the relationship between the skeletal and occlusal pattern. Fifty-seven subjects with normal occlusion were divided into three skeletal groups according to Hauston measurement. One hundred and sixty-six subjects with Angle's malocclusion were also classified according to ANB values. The result showed that there were significant differences in the values of NA-APg, AB-NPg, SNA, SNB, U1-NA, L1-NB among the three groups. These data indicate that skeletal pattern does not coincide with occlusion. Different skeletal pattern exists even in normal occlusion. In diagnosis and treatment planning, the data of skeletal pattern should be referred.
authors.affiliation: School of Stomatology, HuBei Medical University, Wuhan.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007568:Jaw / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*