Soft Tissue Analysis Of Malay Orthodontic Patients
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Date
2017-08
Authors
Yahya Alfarra, Yahya Hamdan
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Knowledge of the normal dentofacial pattern and its overlaying soft tissue tend to improve treatment success and establish optimal facial harmony. The assessment of soft tissue analysis is essential in planning individual orthodontic treatment, because the soft tissues are a major factor in determining a patient’s final facial profile. Skeletal analysis alone is considered a poor indicator of orthodontic treatment planning. A complete treatment planning for patients who require orthodontic should include both hard and soft tissue cephalometric analysis. Holdaway soft tissue analysis has been adapted in most cephalometric studies to understand soft tissue characteristic in different population or ethnicities. The establishment of Holdaway analysis among Malay patient would further aid our understanding on Malay patient’s soft tissue profile. A retrospective record review study was conducted using 62 Malay female adult patients aged 18 to 40 who attended Orthodontic Specialist Clinic, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia to determine soft tissue cephalometric significance in orthodontic treatment planning using Holdaway analysis. Analysis of soft tissue measurements using Holdaway analysis were carried out using a special computer software program. Eleven Holdaway soft tissue characteristics were determined, in order to evaluate the differences in the soft tissue values of Malay female adult patients comparing to Holdaway soft tissue parameters norms and to assess the soft tissues differences based on patient's skeletal pattern measurement.
The results suggested that, the soft tissue measurements for females Malay were not similar to the Holdaway norms except for the soft tissue facial angle
and upper lip curvature and nose prominence, while the other measurements were larger than the Holdaway averages. The Malay female sample had more convexity soft tissue facial profile, as well as deeper superior and inferior sulci, and thicker soft tissue chins than the Holdaway values. Further studies with larger sample size for same population should be conducted.
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Soft tissue analysis of , malay orthodontic patients