Cephalometric study of skeletal, dental and soft tissue structures in white, black and afrocaucasian young Brazilian descents with normal occlusion / Estudo cefalométrico das estruturas esqueléticas, dentárias e tegumentares, em jovens brasileiros, leucodermas, feodermas e melanodermas, com "oclusão normal"

AUTOR(ES)

Lívia Maria Andrade de Freitas

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

Actually, metropolitan areas have diverse populations, with a need to recognize that a standard of facial esthetics might not be appropriate when making orthodontics diagnostic and treatment plans for patients from various racial and ethnic backgrounds that migrated to distinct geographic bounds. With the purpose of using a specific cephalometric standard for white, black and afrocaucasian young Brazilian descents, this study aimed to obtain mean normal values to skeletal, dental and soft tissue cephalometric variables and to compare the values obtained among the ethnic groups and to verify the presence of sexual dimorphism. The sample comprised 146 lateral cephalograms of untreated young Brazilian subjects, presenting normal occlusion, divided into three groups: Group 1- 50 White subjects (25 of each sex), at a mean age of 13.17 years; Group 2- 40 afrocaucasian descents (20 of each sex), at a mean age of 13.12 years; Group 3- 56 Black subjects (28 of each sex), at a mean age of 13.24 years. Evaluation of intergroup compatibility regarding age and comparison of values of cephalometric measurements were performed by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey test. Independent t tests were used to determine sexual dimorphism. Blacks presented the greatest maxillary protrusion, greatest labial tipping of mandibular incisors, and the most prominent upper and lower lips; afrocaucasian descents presented intermediate values, and whites presented the lowest values, with significant differences among the three groups evaluated. Besides, blacks and afrocaucasians, when related to whites, presented a greater mandibular protrusion, more horizontal growth pattern and more protruded and proclinated maxillary incisors. However, blacks, when compared to afrocaucasian and whites, presented a greater maxillomandibular discrepancy, a greater facial convexity, a greater protrusion of mandibular incisors and a more acute nasolabial angle. There was sexual dimorphism in some cephalometric variables in the three ethnic groups.

ASSUNTO(S)

cephalometrics ethnic groups valores normais grupos étnicos normal values cefalometria

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