Craniofacial characteristics of skeletal Class III malocclusion in a group of Thai patients

Authors

Nattawat Triviroj
Sirima Petdachai
Wichitsak Cholitgul

Publication Date

2013-01-01

Abstract

Objective To investigate characteristics of skeletal Class III malocclusion in a group of Thai subjects and compare the difference between genders. Materials and methods Using digital lateral cephalometric radiographs of 223 skeletal Class III malocclusion patients according to the Sassouni analysis (78 males and 145 females) and used T-test and Chi-square for statistical analysis Results Most of the Thai subjects in this study have normal (49.78%) or retrognathic maxilla (49.33%), prognathic mandible (82.51%), skeletal openbite (66.81%) and upper anterior tooth protrusion (58.74%). When compared between genders, the results significantly show that males have cranial base length, corpus length and anterior and posterior facial height longer than females (p value = 0.05). Conclusion Both Thai males and females patients in this study have no difference in skeletal pattern but males have such bigger dimension than females.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.CUDJ.36.1.1

First Page

1

Last Page

8

Recommended Citation

Triviroj, Nattawat; Petdachai, Sirima; and Cholitgul, Wichitsak (2013) "Craniofacial characteristics of skeletal Class III malocclusion in a group of Thai patients," Chulalongkorn University Dental Journal: Vol. 36: Iss. 1, Article 1.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.CUDJ.36.1.1
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/cudj/vol36/iss1/1