Assessment of antero-posterior skeletal relationships in adult Korean patients in the natural head position and centric relation.
10.4041/kjod.2010.40.6.421
- Author:
Jang Hoon AHN
1
;
Kwang Hak BAE
;
Young Ju PARK
;
Ryoon Ki HONG
;
Joeng Hun NAM
;
Mi Ja KIM
Author Information
1. Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Natural head position;
Centric relation;
Frankfurt horizontal plane;
Sella-nasion line;
Nasion true vertical line
- MeSH:
Adult;
Bites and Stings;
Centric Relation;
Head;
Humans;
Male;
Maxilla
- From:Korean Journal of Orthodontics
2010;40(6):421-431
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to verify the intra-individual reproducibility of the natural head position (NHP) in adult Korean patients in the centric relation (CR) position and to prove the inter-individual variability of the Frankfurt horizontal (FH) plane and sella-nasion (SN) line compared to the true horizontal line (THL). In addition, the study aimed to investigate the correlations between linear measurements from A-point and B-point to the nasion true vertical line (NTVL) and angular measurements from A-point and B-point to the SN line. METHODS: Two lateral cephalograms were taken of 116 subjects (23 males, 93 females) with CR wax bites in a NHP at a one-week interval. RESULTS: Method errors of three variables and intraclass correlation coefficients of six parameters proved the intra-individual reproducibility of NHP (p < 0.001). The angle of the FH to the THL was not significantly different from 0degrees (p > 0.05), but it was clinically variable (SD 3.89degrees) on the inter-individual level. Conversely, the angle of the SN line to the THL was significantly different from 7degrees (p < 0.05). Very low correlation was found between the linear measurements and angular measurements of A-point and B-point (p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The NTVL could be a useful reference line for assessing the antero-posterior position of the maxilla and mandibleof Korean adult patients in NHP and CR.
