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Clinical assessment of dentofacial deformity /certified fixed orthodontic courses by Indian dental academy
1. Clinical Assessment of Dentofacial
Deformity
Victoria Beale MRCS FDS RCS
Specialist Registrar in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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4. Positioning
• Patient sitting upright
• Pupillary plane
parallel to the floor
• Frankfort plane
parallel to the floor
• Examiner at same
level as patient
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This talk will cover features of the normal face and a scheme for examining patients with dentofacial deformity.
Compensatory positioning may be appropriate for patients with orbital dystopia, can eg use ears to establish a parallel plane
Clinical Frankfort plane – line from tragus of the ear to the bony infraorbital rim.
Reproducible position that mimics the ‘natural’ standing head postures of most individuals with a normal jaw structure
Patients with dentofacial deformities often assume alternative head postures to improve function or make the deformity look less obvious. It is important to eliminate this by correctly orientating the patient. Ensuring the correct head position aids proper clinical diagnosis as well as evaluation of post treatment results.
Lips should be relaxed and not forced together to allow evaluation of tooth lip relationship, chin position and lip competence
Face divided into thirds:
Upper third – hairline to glabella
Middle third – glabella to subnasale
Lower third – subnasale to soft tissue menton
Orthognathic surgery most commonly alters the lower third of the face, with some influence on the middle third
The facial thirds should all be equally proportioned
In addition the lower third of the face can be further divided, with , with the distance from subnasale to upper lip stomion equalling one third, and the lower lip stomion to soft tissue menton equalling two thirds. This ratio provides the optimum vertical facial balance in the lower third of the face.
Evaluation of the profile is usually the most valuable assessment in determining vertical and AP Jaw problems
As mentioned previously the middle and lower face heights should be equal
The ideal chin projection is 3+/-3mm behind a line perpendicular to the Frankfort plane through subnasale provided the AP position of the maxilla is normal
Midface
maxillary hypoplasia
nasolabial angle
Lower face
mandibular angle
mandibular length
chin projection
labiomental groove
Symmetry
Size
Deformity
Upper
Orbits
pupillary level
palpebral fissures
dystopia
hypoglobus
For normal facial balance the intercanthal, alar base and palpebral fissure width (C) should all be equal
Normal intercanthal distance (A) for Indians 31 +/- 3
Slight variation male to female
Slightly lower values than other races
Interpupillary distance (B) 65 +/- 3
The alar base should lie within 2mm of a vertical line through the medial canthus which is perpendicular to the pupillary plane
Nose
root
dorsum
alar base
tip projection
septum
air entry
The normal upper lip length measured from stomion to subnasale is 22 +/- 2mm for males and 20 +/- 2mm for females. The measurement should be taken with the lip relaxed.
Normal tooth show at rest is 2-3 mm. Provides a good gauge or vertical maxillary height in the presence of normal lip length.
Frequently the smile is one of the patient’s main concerns. With a natural smile the vermillion of the upper lip should fall at the gingival margin with no more than 1-2mm of gingival show.
Factors influencing the amount of upper lip elevation during smiling may be include:
Clinical crown length
Angulation of the anterior alveolus
Degree of overjet and overbite
AP position of the mandible and maxilla
Neuromuscular function
Unnatural smile – tell the patient a joke or ask them to think of a happy memory
These factors must be taken into account to ensure inaccuracies are not introduced when evaluating the proper vertical maxillary position.
The facial midlines are assessed including nasal, maxillary and mandible dental midlines, and the relationship of the chin midpoint to the facial midline
Left to right facial symmetry should also be evaluated.
Transversely, the colossal plane should be parallel to the pupillary plane, providing there is no orbital dystopia