Abstract

The morphology of the face and dentition of 62 adult professional wind instrument musicians was recorded with roentgencepha-lometry and dental casts. The musician group was comprised of 31 brass instrument players, and 31 reed instrument or flute players. The results were compared between the two subgroups and between these and a control group. The few differences found between groups were small. Overbite and upper dental arch width at the canines were smaller in the musicians than in the control group. Width at the maxillary and mandibular molars was somewhat smaller in the reed instrument and flute players than in the control group. No difference in overjet was found. Cephalometric analysis showed similar, normal facial morphology in all groups. The range of variables recorded was large in all groups.