CORRELATION BETWEEN VARIOUS VERTICAL DYSPLASIA ASSESSMENT PARAMETERS

Introduction: Assessment of vertical jaw relationship is pivotal in orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning. Different Cephalometric & non-cephalometric methods have been reported to assess the vertical pattern of the patient each having limitations. Purpose of this study was to compare different cephalometric methods used for the assessment of Vertical Skeletal dysplasia. Materials and Methods: Lateral Cephalograms of 72 subjects (44 females & 28 males) with mean age 17.63+4.19 were taken and analyzed by calculating