A study of the relationship between congenital hypodontia and skeletal malocclusion in a sample from the Syrian coast


Abstract in English

This study aims to determine the skeletal problems in sagittal plane in patients with congenital hypodontia. In this study, 96 cephalograms were taken of Syrian coastal father and mother. The sample was divided according to gender and to location of the missing teeth. The angles SNA, SNB and ANB were studied.

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