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Evaluation of the relationship between upper incisor exposure and cephalometric variables in Korean young adults

  • Han, Sung-Hoon (Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Lee, Eon-Hwa (Department of Orthodontics, Wonkwang University Sanbon Dental Hospital, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Cho, Jin-Hyoung (Department of Orthodontics, Wonkwang University Sanbon Dental Hospital, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Chae, Jong-Moon (Department of Orthodontics, Wonkwang University Daejeon Dental Hospital, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Cheol (Department of Orthodontics, Wonkwang University Daejeon Dental Hospital, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Chang, Na-Young (Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Kang, Kyung-Hwa (Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University)
  • Received : 2012.08.13
  • Accepted : 2013.03.19
  • Published : 2013.10.25
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Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to classify Korean young adults into 3 groups on the basis of upper incisor exposure rates (UIERs) and to compare the skeletal, dental, and soft tissue variables. Methods: Samples were obtained from 127 students at the College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University in South Korea. Facial photographs of frontal posed smiles and lateral cephalograms of the subjects were taken. The subjects were divided into 3 groups on the basis of UIERs and 20 measurements were compared among the 3 groups. The correlations between the variables were determined. Results: Male and female subjects showed significant differences in the group distribution. Male subjects showed higher frequencies of low smiles, and female subjects showed higher frequencies of high smiles. The vertical height of the anterior alveolar process of the maxilla directly correlated with the UIER. However, the UIER showed no significant correlation with the vertical height of the anterior basal bone or the inclination of the upper incisor axis. In female subjects, the upper central incisor clinical crown length showed an inverse correlation with the UIER. However, this variable showed no significant correlation with the UIER in male subjects. Conclusions: The UIER was directly correlated with the levator muscle activity of the upper lip and inversely correlated with the upper lip thickness, yet there was no correlation between the UIER and upper lip length at rest.

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