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- Title
Symmetry and Asymmetry of the Antegonial Notch.
- Authors
Mączka, Grzegorz; Kulus, Michał Jerzy; Grzelak, Joanna; Dobrzyński, Maciej; Staniowski, Tomasz; Skośkiewicz-Malinowska, Katarzyna; Dąbrowski, Paweł
- Abstract
The symmetry of a human organism's structure is an expression of the general law of development regarding organic life. Assessing the symmetry of the face and its individual components is one of the most important factors when it comes to the overall assessment of a patient's stomatognathic system and is essential in the planning of orthodontic and prosthetic treatment. The aim of this study is to assess the symmetry of the occurrence and the measurement parameters of the pre-angular notch of the mandible. The study included computed tomography scans of 187 patients who all exhibited a visible pre-angular notch in the mandible. There was a noticeable and measurable asymmetry in the length of the angle of the notches as well as in the area of the notch angles. The differentiation of the right- and left-side measurements points to the existence of a fluctuating asymmetry. Other measurements which describe the pre-angular notch of the lower jaw do not show asymmetry.
- Subjects
STOMATOGNATHIC system; SYMMETRY; COMPUTED tomography; CORRECTIVE orthodontics; MANDIBLE
- Publication
Symmetry (20738994), 2022, Vol 14, Issue 8, p1558
- ISSN
2073-8994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/sym14081558