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An Analysis of Possible Factors Affecting the Soft Tissue Response in Postadolescent Orthodontic Patients

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / This study was carried out to evaluate the factors which may vary the soft tissue response in non-growing subjects. Pretreatment and post-treatment lateral cephalometric radiographs of twenty-nine postadolescent orthodontic patients were measured with a sonic digitizer using facial plane as the reference. Stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed to select those factors from the original set of 6 according to the statistical significance of their contribution in the prediction of the soft tissue response. It was found that 30.84% of the horizontal upper lip response is due statistically to the maxillary incisor change and the pretreatment upper lip thickness at the vermillion border. This study also revealed that 67.76% of the horizontal lower lip response is due statistically to the mandibular incisor change, the pretreatment upper lip
thickness at A-Point, and the mandibular postural change. Additionally, 16.50% of the vertical upper lip response is due statistically to the mandibular incisor change. Further, 33.39% of the vertical lower lip response is due statistically to the mandibular postural change and the pretreatment upper lip thickness at A-Point. Finally, the majority of the total variation in lip response is still not accounted for and therefore further research is needed.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:IUPUI/oai:scholarworks.iupui.edu:1805/34147
Date January 1975
CreatorsCowan, Richard Edward
ContributorsGarner, LaForrest D., Potter, Rosario H., Mitchell, David F., Tomich, Charles E., Hutton, Charles E., Weinberg, R. Bernd
Source SetsIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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