Original scientific paper
Changes in the Value of the Mandibular Angle and its Segments During Growth
Želimir Muretić
; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Dušan Rak
; Dom zdravlja »P. Vitezica«, Split, Hrvatska
Abstract
The mandibular angle, an important roentgenocephalometric parameter, undergoes marked changes during growth and development. The dynamics o f alterations o f the entire mandibular angle and its two segments was studied in a sample of 2 0 0 roentgenograms of eugnathic subjects divided into homologous age groups at 1 0 -year scale intervals to the adult age. For each age group, three roentgenocephalometric variables were statistically processed. Results, presented numerically and graphically, led to a conclusion that the size of the mandibular angle and its superior segment decreased considerably in a defined period of time. A decrease in the values o f all variables was clearly seen in both adolescence and postadolescence.
Keywords
mandibular angle; mandibular growth
Hrčak ID:
100804
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Publication date:
15.12.1991.
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