title: Cephalometric evaluation of patients with anterior open-bite.
abstract: Cephalometric evaluations of the skeletal pattern of 30 patients with anterior open-bite malocclusion were compared to those of 30 individuals with a normal overbite. The posterior/anterior face height ratio (PFH/AFH) was the only skeletal characteristic statistically different in the two groups. The other cephalometric measurements were not found to be statistically different in the malocclusion and normal overbite groups (SN-GoGn, SN-PP, gonial angle, LFH/AFH ratio), indicating that there is no skeletal origin in the group with anterior open-bite in this study.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Ortodontia Preventiva, Faculdade de Odontologia de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Stuani
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Stuani
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D002680:Chin / Q000473:pathology; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008311:Malocclusion, Angle Class I / Q000473:pathology*; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000473:pathology; D010159:Palate / Q000473:pathology; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000473:pathology; D019291:Skull Base / Q000473:pathology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014716:Vertical Dimension