Article
Three-dimensional phenotype characteristics of skeletal class III malocclusion in adult Chinese: a principal component analysis-based cluster analysis.
Clinical oral investigations - 1 Aug 2023
Alshoaibi Lina Hassan, Alareqi Mohammed Muneer, Al-Somairi Majedh Abdo Ali, Al-Tayar Barakat, Almashraqi Abeer A, An Xiaoli, Alhammadi Maged Sultan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Skeletal class III malocclusion has a diverse and complicated aetiology involving environmental and genetic factors. It is critical to correctly classify and define this malocclusion to be diagnosed and treated on a clinically sound basis. Thus, this study aimed to provide reliable and detailed measurements in a large ethnically homogeneous sample of Chinese adults to generate an adequate phenotypic...
Topics
- Humans
- Male
- Female
- Principal Component Analysis
- Retrospective Studies
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- East Asian People
- Malocclusion, Angle Class III
- Malocclusion
- Phenotype
- Cluster Analysis
- Cone-Beam Computed Tomography