Oral Health and Dental Management

Reliability of various skeletal indicators in the assessing vertical facial soft tissue pattern

3^rd Euro Congress and Expo on Dental & Oral Health

June 16-18, 2015 Alicante, Spain

Maheen Ahmed1, Attiya Shaikh2 and Mubassar Fida3

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Background: A proportionate relationship among different facial structures is the key to an esthetic and pleasing facial appearance. Previuosly, diagnosis and treatment planning had been based on Angle?s paradigm. With the advent of soft tissue paradigm, the trend in orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning has been significantly affected. Since the skeletal structures form the backbone supporting the soft tissue therefore both skeletal and soft tissue measurements should be taken into consideration. Currently an orthodontist has to perform various analyses to determine the vertical facial pattern which is time consuming. Therefore the rationale behind this study is to determine which of the commonly used skeletal analyses best correlates with the soft tissue parameters for assessing facial soft tissue pattern of an individual. Thus an accurate diagnosis can be made with the elimination of unnecessary analyses, ensuring an efficient treatment plan. Objectives: 1.To determine the correlation between various skeletal analyses in vertical plane and soft tissue facial height ratio on lateral cephalogram among adult orthodontic patients at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.