title: Association of dentoskeletal morphology with incisor inclination in angle class II patients: a retrospective cephalometric study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this study was to identify possible dentoskeletal parameters associated with variation of anterior tooth inclination in Angle Class II subdivisions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pre-treatment lateral radiographs of 144 Class II patients (68 males, 76 females) aged 9 to 17 years were classified for upper incisor inclination into three groups (proclined, normally inclined, retroclined) homogeneous for gender and skeletal jaw relationship. The effect of age on the 22 cephalometric variables was controlled by covariance analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multivariate analysis of the cephalometric parameters indicated significant inter-group differences. Systematic associations with incisor inclination were revealed using rank correlation: Lower incisor proclination, Wits appraisal and gonial angle significantly decreased (0.04 ≥ p ≥ 0.002), while intercisal angle, mandibular total and corpus length and nasolabial angle increased (0.04 ≥ p ≥ 0.001) with decreasing incisor proclination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clear-cut classification criteria and control of confounding effects may clarify conflicting previous findings on dentoskeletal differences between Class II subdivisions in the mixed dentition. Only minor dentoskeletal differences appear to be associated with incisor inclination. The increased interincisal and nasolabial angle in Class II division 2 subjects are due to reclination of both upper and lower incisors. Jaw positions and chin prominence are not significantly different between the subdivisions. However, Wits appraisal is decreased in Class II division 2. The increased mandibular length observed in Class II division 2 requires further scrutinization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, University Medical Centre of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. christian.kirschneck@ukr.de.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kirschneck
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Römer
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Proff
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lippold
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies