Evaluation of horizontal condylar angle in malocclusions with mandibular lateral displacement using cone-beam computed tomography.

Objectives: To evaluate the horizontal condylar angle (HCA) in mandibular lateral displacement (MLD).

Materials And Methods: HCA in MLD malocclusions were examined using cone-beam computed tomography data in subjects with MLD and control subjects.

Results: HCA in joints of control patients and contralateral side joints of MLD patients were not significantly different.

Three-dimensional morphological characterization of malocclusions with mandibular lateral displacement using cone-beam computed tomography.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the morphologic characteristics of MLD malocclusions using 3D imaging.

Materials And Methods: MLD characteristics were examined using CBCT data in 40 subjects. A 3D Cephalometric analysis was developed to describe the spatial position of the mandible and temporal bones.

Relationship of maxillary 3-dimensional posterior occlusal plane to mandibular spatial position and morphology.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of the 3-dimensional (3D) posterior occlusal plane (POP) and the mandibular 3D spatial position. The relationship of the POP to mandibular morphology was also investigated.

Methods: Retrospective data from a convenience sample of pretreatment diagnostic cone-beam computed tomography scans were rendered using InVivo software (Anatomage, San Jose, Calif).