Evaluation of the centroid method of occlusion for studying mandibular and maxillary growth.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the centroid method of occlusion for studying mandibular growth and development. This novel technique comparatively expresses the direction of growth of the maxilla and mandible as a single unit. The centroid 'G' was geometrically calculated from the triangle Deltaabc, which comprised the palatal, articulare-gnathion (Ar-Gn), and A-B planes.