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Gonial angle determination; A comparison between lateral cephalogram and both hemispheres of orthopantomogram

Author(s)
Mehwish Khan Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Faheem Nake Akhtar Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Abdullah Jan Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Fatima Hamid Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Sana Tariq Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the mean values of Genial angle measured by Lateral cephalogram and Orthopantomogram. Study Design: comparative cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi, from Aug 2018 to Feb 2019. Methodology: Patients irrespective of gender between the ages of 13-20 who reported for the treatment of class I malocclusion with complete anterior dentition were included. Orthopantomogram and lateral cephalogram were drawn by the same person. Gonial angle on orthopantomogram was measured by drawing tangents on posterior border of ramus and lower border of mandible on both halves of orthopantomogram. On lateral cephalogram the angle was measured between ramus and mandible. Gonial angle measured from lateral cephalogram and orthopantomogram were compared. T-test was applied. Results: Mean age of the individuals was 18.33 ± 3.97 years. The mean gonial angle measured on lateral cephalogram was 122.66 ± 1.64 degrees while the mean gonial angle measured on right and left side of orthopantomogram was 122.41 ± 1.56 degrees and 122.33 ± 1.55 degrees respectively. Conclusion: Orthopantomogram can also be used to measure gonial angle as accurately as a lateral cephalogram with the advantage that there are no superimpositions and both the gonial angles can be measured simultaneously on orthopantomogram.
Publication Details
Page(s) 1460-1463
DOI DOI not available
Published Journal: Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Volume: 71, Issue: 4, Year: 2021

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Keywords
Lateral Cephalogram, Orthopantomogram, Gonial Angle.
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