Análisis de la dirección del crecimiento mandibular en dentición mixta, UCSG A-2024.

Abstract

Determining the facial biotype guides the treatment to be performed according to the dentoalveolar growth pattern of the patient. In some of them, the anterior growth of the face is not fulfilled and the mandible shows a clockwise rotation movement and there is a greater tendency to the appearance of an open bite; in the opposite case, the chin tends to be accentuated in the profile and there is a greater chance of obtaining an overbite. Objectives: To verify if there is a correlation between the methods to analyze the direction of mandibular growth in patients with mixed dentition with the Steiner analysis, Bjork Jarabak analysis and the Ricketts Vert Index. Materials and methods: This is a quantitative, retrospective and cross-sectional study with an observationaldescriptive design. Results: In the Steiner analysis, patients with a vertical growth tendency predominated by 51%, in the Vert index the highest result was for the dolichofacial biotype with 47% and in the Bjork Jarabak analysis the dolichofacial biotype also predominated by 60%. Conclusion: between the Bjork Jarabak analysis and the Ricketts Vert Index, there was a linear relationship and a positive correlation of 1 with the same result between the correlations on the mandibular growth tendency. Demonstrating the concordance of the three analyses when using them as a diagnostic method for the facial biotype and the growth tendency, which allows the professional to have security when choosing the appropriate treatment for the patients.