Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Jan 1982
Bimaxillary Prognathism in the Nubian People of Egypt
Bimaxillary Prognathism in the Nubian People of Egypt
Page Range: 19 – 25
Abstract
A study of facial pattern and occlusion in Egyptian Nubian children. Skeletal pattern is found to be very similar to that of White Americans, with a more protrusive dentition situated farther forward in the face.
Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists
Contributor Notes
Dr. Shehata is an Associate Professor in the Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry at Alexandria University in Egypt. This study was done as a Research Associate in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Michigan. She holds B.D.S. and D.D.S. degrees from Alexandria University, and a Ph.D. in Dental Anatomy from Volgagrad University in the U.S.S.R