Transverse skeletal and dental features of high, average and low angle cases in the mixed dentition stage

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate maxillary and mandibular transverse skeletal and dental width in untreated subjects with low, average, and high mandibular plane angles. Methods: sixty untreated male and female children with low (≤ 23°, n = 20), average (> 23° to < 29°, n = 20), and high (≥30°, n = 20) mandibular plane angles were selected. For each subject dental casts, lateral and posteroanterior cephalometric x-rays were taken and the widths of maxilla and mandible, the intermolar and intercanine widths were measured. Results; No significant differences were found in the dental nor skeletal widths between the three tested groups neither in males nor in females.