| Title | A cephalometric study of antero-posterior skeletal jaw relationship in Nigerian Hausa-Fulani children. | | Author(s) | Utomi IL | | Institution | Department of Child Dental Health, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. | | Source | West Afr J Med 2004 Apr-Jun; 23(2):119-22. | | MeSH | Adolescent
African Continental Ancestry Group
Analysis of Variance
Bias (Epidemiology)
Cephalometry
Child
Comparative Study
Female
Great Britain
Hospitals, University
Humans
Jaw
Male
Malocclusion
Nigeria
Orthodontics
Practice Guidelines
Prevalence
Reference Values
| | Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To determine the antero-posterior skeletal jaw relationship in Hausa-Fulani children in Nigeria.
SETTING: This study was carried out in 1998 at the Maxillo-facial unit of the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: 100 subjects aged 11-13 years of Hausa-Fulani ancestry with no previous orthodontic treatment were selected for the study. Lateral cephalometric radiographs were traced and analysed to produce values for SNA, SNB and ANB.
RESULTS: The mean SNA was 82.4 degrees, mean SNB 803 degrees and mean ANB 2.1degrees The normal range of ANB values was 0.5 degrees-4 degrees
CONCLUSION: The values obtained differ from those of other population groups and should be used as guidelines in the orthodontic treatment of the ethnic group studied. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 15287288 |
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