Abstract
The purpose of the present investigation is to obtain the cephalometric measures of women with characteristic facial pleasant in Colombia. They took lateral X-rays of skull to 60 participants of the National Competition of Beauty during 1997 and 2001. Each X-ray underwent had traced by two oral and maxillofacial radiologists and the investigators digitized it with a software (JOE 32). The results low paired samples of 26 variables were analyzed in patient with dentofacial abnormality. Of these only 3 (11.4%.) they coincide with the norm, in 6 (23.1%) there were differences of 1°; 9 (34.7%) they presented difference of 2°; 2 (7.7%) they differed in 3°; and 6 (23.1%) in more than 4°. It was not significant the statistical difference among the lines of the two radiologist. The final results confirm the hypothesis that the cephalometric mea-sures in women with characteristic facial pleasant they are different to those used of routine, and they show a tendency of compensation and to a esqueletal class II.
Original language | Spanish |
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Pages (from-to) | 145-151 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Colombia Medica |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - Dec 1 2001 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cephalometrics
- Dentofacial abnormality
- Orthodontics
- Orthognathic surgery
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)