Year : 2022

Volume : Volume 13

Issue : Issue 2

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Pooja Jaywant Thakare
thakarepooja28@gmail.com

Abstract

Introduction: Evaluation of craniofacial growth is very important for treatment planning in individuals with skeletal orthodontic anomalies. Maturity status helps to identify the growth status of an individual. Cervical vertebral maturity indicators are more commonly used. Their growth completes before the growth of the jaws. If any correlation exists between the change in morphology of cervical vertebrae and developing sagittal
skeletal malocclusion, interceptive measures would become easy and efficient as a treatment. This study aims at any correlation present between the change in morphology of cervical vertebrae and developing skeletal sagittal malocclusion. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 103 subjects, divided into three groups, on the basis of ANB angle which was measured on lateral cephalometric radiographs. Parameters including concavity depth at the lower border of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th cervical vertebrae and base length, upper border length, body length, posterior height, anterior height, and body height of the 3rd and 4th cervical vertebrae bodies were measured. One-way analysis of variance was used for between-group comparisons. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the mean
chronological ages of the individuals among study groups, in the body height, body width, upper border length, vertebral base length, anterior height, posterior height, and concavity depth at the lower border of the 4th cervical vertebrae between groups (P > 0.05). Conclusion: The results of this study support that morphological development of cervical vertebrae is a separate entity and has no correlation with sagittal skeletal development of face.

Keywords: Cephalometrics, Cervical vertebrae, Different malocclusions, Growth and development, Sagittal growth