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<p>In the present study, longitudinal growth changes in the maxilla, mandible, and maxillary-mandibular relationship occurring between the ages of 10 and 14 years were evaluated in 19 female and 15 male subjects. All subjects had a clinically- acceptable occlusion, a normal growth pattern, and none had undergone orthodontic treatment. Serial cephalometric radiographs were taken at the ages of 10, 11, 12, and 14 years. The effects of age and sex on the sagittal growth of the jaws were studied by means of variance ana lysis. The results show that A-Ptm, B-Ptm, Pg-Ptm, A'-Ptm, B'-Ptm, and S-N-Pg measurements were affected by age, and the measurements A-Ptm, A'-Ptm, Wits and ANB by sex. Duncan's multiple range test was applied to those measurements where F values were found to be statistically significant. As a result, it was observed that the greatest growth changes occurred between 12 and 14 years old.</p>
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In the present study, longitudinal growth changes in the maxilla, mandible, and maxillary-mandibular relationship occurring between the ages of 10 and 14 years were evaluated in 19 female and 15 male subjects. All subjects had a clinically- acceptable occlusion, a normal growth pattern, and none had undergone orthodontic treatment. Serial cephalometric radiographs were taken at the ages of 10, 11, 12, and 14 years. The effects of age and sex on the sagittal growth of the jaws were studied by means of variance ana lysis. The results show that A-Ptm, B-Ptm, Pg-Ptm, A'-Ptm, B'-Ptm, and S-N-Pg measurements were affected by age, and the measurements A-Ptm, A'-Ptm, Wits and ANB by sex. Duncan's multiple range test was applied to those measurements where F values were found to be statistically significant. As a result, it was observed that the greatest growth changes occurred between 12 and 14 years old.

Longitudinal cephalometric changes in the maxilla, mandible and maxillary-mandibular relationship between 10 and 14 years of age

Research Assistant Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

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In the present study, longitudinal growth changes in the maxilla, mandible, and maxillary-mandibular relationship occurring between the ages of 10 and 14 years...

Longitudinal cephalometric changes in the maxilla, mandible and maxillary-mandibular relationship between 10 and 14 years of age

Publié en ligne: 13 janv. 2024

Pages: 284 - 288

Reçu: 01 mars 1997

Accepté: 01 janv. 1999

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-1999-0012

Mots clés
Maxillary-mandibular relationship, sagittal growth changes

© 1999 Sahsene Aydemir et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Longitudinal cephalometric changes in the maxilla, mandible and maxillary-mandibular relationship between 10 and 14 years of age

Publié en ligne: 13 janv. 2024

Pages: 284 - 288

Reçu: 01 mars 1997

Accepté: 01 janv. 1999

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-1999-0012

Mots clésMaxillary-mandibular relationship, sagittal growth changes

© 1999 Sahsene Aydemir et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Maxillary-mandibular relationship, sagittal growth changes