Oral Health and Dental Management

Comparisons of soft tissue chin thickness in adult patients with various mandibular divergence patterns

2^nd International Conference and Exhibition on Dental & Oral Health

April 21-23, 2014 Crown Plaza Dubai, UAE

Anthony Tannous Macari and Antoine Elias Hanna

Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Objective: Evaluate the association between soft tissue thickness at the chin (STC) and mandibular divergence. Materials and Methods: Non-growing patients seeking orthodontic treatment(n=190; 113 females, 77 males), whose average age was 26. 94 years (range:18. 10-53. 50 years), were stratified in 4 subgroups based on cephalometric mandibular plane inclination to anterior cranial base (MP-SN): Low(L): MP-SN≤27?, n=48; Medium-low(ML): 27?