Original scientific paper
Soft Tissue Facial Profile of Normal Dental and Skeletal Subjects in Croatian Population Aged 12 to 15 Years
Marina Lapter Varga
Sandra Anić Milošević
Andreja Vušić
Martina Šlaj
Suzana Varga
Margareta Perinić
Mladen Šlaj
Abstract
This study was carried out on 40 lateral cephalograms of Croatian subjects aged 12 to 15 years with dental and skeletal
class I. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the means and standard deviations of the soft tissue parameters
in the sample of Croatian population exhibiting dental and skeletal class I and to find the correlations between investigated
parameters. The investigation included a total of 11 variables of which 4 were angular and 7 linear. Linear
and angular measurements were made to the nearest 0.5 mm or 0.5° with dial calipers and a standard protractor with
0.5° increments. Data from this investigation could serve to determine the norms of 11 soft tissue variables for Croatian
population with dental and skeletal class I, and to define craniofacial morphology of the soft tissue profile in patients
with normal occlusion. Significant correlations were found between thickness of upper and lower lip, and between the
distance of upper and lower lip to the Ricketts esthetic line, and Holdaway angle.
Keywords
soft tissue facial profile; dental class I; skeletal class I; upper lip; lower lip
Hrčak ID:
27221
URI
Publication date:
7.7.2008.
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