Review article

Possibilities of Soft Tissue Analysis in Orthodontics

Sandra Milošević
Marina Varga
Mladen Šlaj

Abstract

After standardisation of radiographic technique during the 1930s the importance of soft tissues were of secondary importance and dentoskeletal relations became the decisive factor in facial analysis. However, at the beginning the 1960s it was observed that the relation between soft tissues and skeletal structures could differ considerably. The many investigations engaged in the psychological aspect of malocclusion indicated that the patient should not be treated exclusively in accordance with rigid dentoskeletal standards. More recently, when planning therapy, orthodontists and maxillofacial surgeons increasingly consider the soft tissues and rely more on the clinical condition than on cephalometric analysis, in view of the fact
that exclusive reliance on cephalometric analysis can occasionally lead to an undesired facial appearance. Through a review of the literature the investigations of authors has been presented who have been engaged in the study and analysis of soft tissues, influence of orthodontic treatment on soft tissues and changes in soft tissues which occur as a result of growth and development.

Keywords

Orthodontics, Corrective; Radiography, Dental

Hrčak ID:

16566

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/16566

Publication date:

15.9.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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