Soft tissue morphology in bimaxillary proclination

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to find the pattern of soft tissue morphology in a sample of Pakistani population with bimaxillary proclination. Lateral cephalograms of 100 patients [50 males and 50 females] exhibiting bimaxillary dental proclination were used to determine the skeletal, dental and soft tissue patterns among the subjects. Cephalometric parameters were evaluated and the database was developed in SPSS 10.0 for windows. The bimaxillary protrusion sample was skeletal class II due to mild mandibular deficiency and the mandibular plane inclination was within normal range. The soft tissue analysis showed the protrusion of both upper and lower lips