title: Anterior open bite--cephalometric evaluation of the dental pattern.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare the dental pattern of patients with anterior open bite malocclusion to that of individuals with normal overbite by utilization of lateral cephalograms, panoramic radiographs and study casts. The findings showed that there was no significant difference in the inclination of the occlusal plane (SN.PlO) and position of the maxillary and mandibular incisors (1-NA, 1-NB) between both groups of individuals; but the angles of inclination of the maxillary and mandibular incisors (1.1, 1.NA and 1.NB) differed statistically between patients with anterior open bite of the individuals that presented normal overbite, which suggests that the anterior open bite may be of dental origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Clinics, Preventive and Social Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriana Sasso
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Stuani
authors.forename: Andréa Sasso
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Stuani
authors.forename: Maria Bernadete Sasso
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Stuani
authors.forename: Maria da Conceição Pereira
authors.initials: Mda C
authors.lastname: Saraiva
authors.forename: Mírian Aiko Nakane
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D003765:Models, Dental; D024343:Open Bite / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric