To determine the difference in cephaiometric measurements between centric relation and centric occlusion, 60 patient 20 patients for each malocclusion group-were examined with the cephalograms in centric relation and in centric occlusion.
The results are as. follows:
1. There are differences in cephalometric measurements with the mandible in the two different
position, and some measurements are statistically significant.
2. No clinically useful prediction may be made from cephalothetric radiographs concerning
the amount of mandibular deflection from centric relation to centric occlusion.
3. If,; the´ large differences in the cephalometric measurements with the mandible in the two
different position, the analysis with the cephalogram in centric occlusion´ is needed to be
compensated with the other clinical approach.
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