The prediction of facial growth.

Abstract

In the two contrasting malocclusions, the open bite and the deep overbite, statistically significant differences are shown in the anterior, middle and posterior endocranial regions. In open bite there is an association between the lower face height and the size of the anterior, middle and posterior cranial regions, but in deep overbite the associations between face height and the endocranial size are less strong. These and other associations if brougth together in a multiple regression analysis may prove useful in prognosticating the final face height in the growing child, particularly in the open-bite case.