TITLE:
Cephalometric norms for a sample of Emirates adults
AUTHORS:
Huda M. Abu-Tayyem, Amna H. Alshamsi, Sayed Hafez, Eman Mohie ElDin
KEYWORDS:
Emirates Norms; Cephalometric; Norms
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Stomatology,
Vol.1 No.3,
September
30,
2011
ABSTRACT: Introduction—European-American norms are still used in the orthodontic treatment of Emirates patients despite the different ethnic backgrounds of the Emirates. The purpose of this study was to formulate cephalometric norms for lateral cephalometric mea-surements of Emirates adults and to study gender differences. Methods—Lateral cephalometric radio-graphs of 176 Emirates adults, 91 males and 85 fe-males, were selected according to the following crite-ria; an age range between 19 to 25 years, esthetically pleasing and harmonious faces with balanced and acceptable profiles and occlusions, normal skeletal and dental relationship, all permanent teeth present, and no history of orthodontic treatment or facial trauma. The mean values and standard deviations of 91 angular and 21 linear cephalometric variables were calculated using the Dolphin version 10.5 soft-ware package. The resulting norms for Emirates male and female groups were compared using a student t-test. Results—Several statistically significant gender differences were noticeable. Skeletally, Emirates males showed significantly greater (p