[Study of the dento-facial features in children of Han nationality with normal occlusion in Shandong district].
OBJECTIVE
To establish the standard values of roentgengraphic cephalometry in children with normal occlusion in Shandong district and to make the facial model.


METHODS
156 children were selected to take lateral cephalograph, and were divided into two groups: mixed dentition and early permanent dentition. Cephalograms were analyzed for all subjects with WinCeph7.0. Data were obtained for student's t test between the two groups and between males and females.


RESULTS
The norms with derivation for all measurement of X ray cephalometrical analysis on hard tissues were established. Meanwhile, the difference between males and females was compared and the facial model of children with normal occlusion was made.


CONCLUSIONS
Gender difference was shown in linear measurements, with greater growth in males in general. The growing tendency of children from mixed dentition to early permanent dentition was that the maxilla of the male grows faster while the mandible of the female grows faster.
Pan
Shu-qin
SQ
Department of Stomatology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan 250021, Shandong Province, China.
Wu
Di
D
Wei
Zhi-min
ZM
Fu
Chuan-yun
CY
Wang
Bin
B
Jia
Shan-shan
SS