Determination of the Wits cephalometric values from Amazons’s youths, with normal dental occlusion

Wilson Maia de OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, Julio Wilson VIGORITO, Carlos Eduardo da S. Nossa TUMA, Lioney da Silva CABRAL, Savana de Alencar MAIA, Dácia Sarina Parente MAIA

Aim: to determine the mean values of Wits appraisal in a sample of Amazons Brazilian youths, with normal occlusion. Methods: cephalometric tracings were used to determine the Wits appraisal in a sample of 30 Amazon Brazilian youths (mean age: 21.6 years), 15 boys and 15 girls, with normal occlusion, that had not been submitted to orthodontic treatment. All individuals were children and grandchildren of Amazons parents and grandparents. All of them had completed permanent dentition without third molars. Wits appraisal was compared between gender with a Student t test. Results and Conclusion: there was no difference between gender, and our results suggest the necessity of developing a specific cephalometric pattern for Amazon Brazilians.

Keywords: Wits appraisal. Amazons. Normal occlusion.

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