Author/Editor		Zupančič, Sanja
Title		Korelacija parametrov študijskega modela in telerentgenograma glave
Type		monografija
Place		Ljubljana
Publisher		Medicinska fakulteta
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 87
Language		slo
Abstract		Background: Malocclusions in the context of oral health are a severe social and medical problem. The deviations can be either dentoalveolar or skeletal, or a combination of both. There are many different methods of assessment of malocclusions. Most of them include the measurement of the overjet which together with other measurements assesses the severity of a malocclusion and consequently the orthodontic treatment priority. The radiographic lateral cephalometry is an additional diagnostic method which enables a precise assessment of the skeletal relationships. We want to find out if the overjet itself determines the severity of a malocclusion in the sagital plane and if dental irregularities provide us with any information about skeletal relationships. Purpose and aims: The purpose of this study is to evaluate which parameters, measured on a study cast, are most appropriate for assessing the severity of malocclusions. Our aim therefore, is to investigate the correlation between the parameters measured on a study cast and the parameters of radiographic lateral cephalometry in patients with class I, II and III malocclusions. Subjects and Methods: This retrospective study includes orthodontic patients already admitted in therapy in Ljubljana University Clinical Hospital, Department of Orthodontics, which fulfilled the necessary requirements. Data was gathered using the following methods: patient history, clinical examination, analysis on the study casts, panoramic radiographs and radiographic lateral cephalometry. Mean values and standard deviations of individual study cast and lateral cephalometric parameters were calculated. In the statistical analysis, we tested the correlation between these parameters and used the linear regression to assess the overjet as a predictor of skeletal relationships. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters).
Descriptors		MALOCCLUSION RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC CEPHALOMETRY DENTAL CASTING TECHNIQUE MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS I MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS III LINEAR MODELS RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES