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Published on: October 27, 2023
Biomechanical aspects of mandibular growth
Dankmar Ihlow1, Dietmar Kubein-Meesenburg, Jochen Fanghänel
1Department of Orthodontics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany. Dr.Ihlow@t-online.de
Abstract:
The subject of this study was to analyse how functional parameters of stomatognathic systems are influenced by growth. For this purpose, two cephalometric radiographs of 65 patients with class-II-relation treated with functional appliances were superimposed on the occlusal plane. The two patient groups consisted of 32 open bite and 33 deep bite cases. The direction of the condylar growth significantly differed for both cases. Nevertheless the hypothesis could be confirmed that the original functional structure was hardly affected by growth.
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