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The correlation between skull type and facial type in Balinese orthodontic patients
Putu Ika Anggaraeni1, I Gusti Kade Ira Purbasari2, Louise Cinthia Hutomo3, Annisa Ayu Rachmayani4.
Introduction: Extra oral examination has become one of the standard procedures in determining diagnosis and or- thodontic treatment plan. The examination includes skull index and facial index examinations, and classify them according to Martin and Saller Classification. Skull and facial type has a lot of different varieties which affect by race, gender, age, genetic, and environment factors. The aim of this study is to investigate the correlation of skull type with facial type in Balinese Orthodontic patients. Methods: This is a cross sectional study and conducted on 33 Balinese orthodontic patients aged 18-25 years old in Udayana University Hospital, Bali, Indonesia. The sampling technique was purposive sampling and chi-square analysis were used to determine the correlation among variables. Results: The result shows that the most frequent skull type is brachycephalic (39.4% or 13 patients), while the most frequent facial type is hyperleptoprosopic (78.8% or 26 patients). The Fisher Exact test shows that there is no significant correlation between skull type and facial type in balinese orthodontic patients (p value > 0.05). Conclusions: The conclusion of this study is that skull type does not affect facial type in balinese orthodontic patients.
Affiliation:
- Udayana University, Indonesia
- Udayana University, Indonesia
- Udayana University, Indonesia
- Udayana University, Indonesia
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