Cephalometric evaluation of the Assamese young adults using Tweed’s analysis
Journal Title: International Dental Journal of Student Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
The cephalometric norms of different ethnic and racial groups established in various studies show that normal measurements for one group are not necessarily normal for another group each racial group must be treated according to its own characteristics The materials used in this study consist of cephalometric radiographs of 50 subjects 23 males 27 females from Assamese ethnic background The head films were traced on A4 size acetate matt paper using 3Hb pencil and Tweeds cephalometric analysis was done Three angular parameters Frankfort mandibular plane angle FMA Frankfort Mandibular Incisal Angle FMIA Incisor mandibular plane angle IMPA for the Assamese population were measured and found to be 254 566 and 9806 degree respectively There was no clinical significant different between Assamese male and female but there is highly significant among the Assamese and Caucasian parametric values of Tweeds diagnostic triangleKeywords Tweeds Cephalometric analysis Racial norms Assamese population
Authors and Affiliations
Poonam Majumder, Manoj Sharma, Heeralal Chokotiya, Mahasweta Das Gupta, N. Ibemcha Chanu
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- DOI 10.18231/2278-3784.2018.0007
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