title: Comparison of mandibular rami width in patients with prognathism and retrognathia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to assess the ramus thickness in skeletal Class III and Class II patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty patients were evaluated using computed tomography scanning.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with the Class II patients, the mandibular ramus of Class III patients was thinner. The ramus thickness in retrognathic patients was 8.84 mm and the ramus thickness in prognathic patients was 7.80 mm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ramus is thinner in patients with prognathism than in those with retrognathia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. danilopasseado@olimpo.com.br
authors.forename: Danilo P B
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Italo H A
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Gandelmann
authors.forename: Paulo J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Medeiros
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000473:pathology*; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000473:pathology*; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011378:Prognathism / Q000473:pathology*; D063173:Retrognathia / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods