Bimaxillary protrusion in the Palestinian population.
OBJECTIVE
To study the prevalence of bimaxillary protrusion among Palestinians.


METHODS
Cephalometric radiographs for 79 normal occlusion adult Palestinian university students were traced.


RESULTS
The interincisal angle was decreased in the Palestinian women compared to the Caucasian means, but this had no impact on lip protrusion.


CONCLUSIONS
Relative to Caucasian cephalometric norms, Palestinians show no extraoral bimaxillary protrusion features, and therefore, these norms can be applied to Palestinian faces.
Department of Orthodontics, Arab American University, Palestine. imad_alkhalek@yahoo.com
Emad
E
Hussein
Mahmoud
M
Abu Mois
D000328:Adult; D018912:Arabs; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000592:standards; D004955:Esthetics, Dental / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008311:Malocclusion, Angle Class I / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D008437:Maxilla; D011859:Radiography; D017678:Sex Distribution