Abstract | BACKGROUND: PATIENTS AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis of all HFM cases at Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital were performed. Patient of either gender with all medical imaging records and pre and post-operative (6 months) facial photographs in natural head position were included in the study. The lip cant change was assessed by the angle of each labial commissure and the bi-pupillary reference line. The line joining the frontozygomatic unions and a parallel line is drawn at the level of anterior nasal spine. The occlusal plane is then traced. A vertical line is traced perpendicular to the frontozygomatic union. The deviation of the occlusal plane from the horizontal is measured as the occlusal cant and a change, between pre and post-operative records was considered as the angle and linear measurements. RESULT: With the linear measurement, the mean change in occlusal cant was 7.18 ± 1.47 mm while for the mean change in lip cant was 3.31 ± 0.52 mm (P = 0.120). For the angular measurement, the mean angle change in occlusal cant was 13.86 ± 2.69° and mean change in angle of lip cant was 8.54 ± 0.7° (P = 0.01). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: For type1HFM, DO corrects the occlusal and lip cant. In present study, the lip cant change relative to occlusal cant change was 47.54 ± 10.71% in linear measurements while for angular measurements it was 63.19 ± 10.07% (P = 0.476; Pearson's correlation coefficient = -0.241).
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Authors | S M Balaji |
Journal | Journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery
(J Maxillofac Oral Surg)
Vol. 9
Issue 4
Pg. 344-9
(Dec 2010)
ISSN: 0974-942X [Electronic] India |
PMID | 22190822
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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