Reliability of Soft Tissue Profile Analysis in Children
Abstract
Two similar evaluation panels consisting of Orthodontists, Pedodontists and Dental students evaluated soft tissue profiles of children 8 and 12 years old. Categorization of the underlying skeletal pattern from that information was poor, indicating a need for more complete information such as radiographs for an adequate diagnosis of skeletal aberrations in this critical age period.
Contributor Notes
Dr. Fields is an Assistant Professor of Pedodontics and Orthodontics at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry at Chapel Hill. He is a dental graduate (D.D.S.) of the University of Iowa, with an M.S. degree in Pedodontics from Iowa and an M.S.D. degree in Orthodontics from the University of Washington
Dr. Vann is an Assistant Professor of Pedodontics at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry at Chapel Hill. He is a dental graduate (D.M.D.) of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with an M.S. degree in Pedodontics and a Ph.D. degree in higher education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Vig is an Assistant Professor of Orthodontics at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry at Chapel Hill. She is a dental graduate (B.D.S.) of the University of St. Andrews, U.K., with graduate education (D.Orth.) at the Eastman Dental Clinic in London, U.K