Soft tissue profile of a Pakistani sample with class I occlusion

ABSTRACT

Comprehensive soft tissue analysis is an important component of cephalometric analysis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate soft tissue profile of Pakistani adults with Class I occlusion. It was a prospective cross-sectional study, carried out at the Department of Orthodontics, de,Montmorency Institute of Dental Sciences/Punjab Dental Hospital, Lahore. Standardized lateral cephalometric radiographs were taken of 50 selected Pakistanis [25 males and 25 females] within age range 18 through 23 years having normal occlusion. The database were developed in SPSS 10.0 for Windows. The results showed that the Pakistani sample had proclined lower incisors, a convex profile with lesser value of Z-angle. It was concluded that soft tissue profile of an individual depends on age, gender and ethnic group of that individual