Soft Tissue Profile of a Pakistani Sample with Class I Occlusion
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چکیده
Comprehensive soft tissue analysis is an important component of cephalometric analysis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate soft tissue profile of Pakistani adults with Class I occlusion. It was a prospective cross-sectional study, carried out at the Department of Orthodontics, de,Montmorency Institute of Dental Sciences/Punjab Dental Hospital, Lahore. Standardized lateral cephalometric radiographs were taken of 50 selected Pakistanis (25 males and 25 females) within age range 18 through 23 years having normal occlusion. The database were developed in SPSS 10.0 for Windows. The results showed that the Pakistani sample had proclined lower incisors, a convex profile with lesser value of Z-angle. It was concluded that soft tissue profile of an individual depends on age, gender and ethnic group of that individual.
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