Dentoalveolar Compensation in Relation to Mild Skeletal Discrepancies

This is a study in orthodontics from the college of dentistry, university of Baghdad. The objectives of this work are to determine the cephalometric parameters that describe the dentoalveolar compensation in relation to skeletaljaw discrepancies, and to determine the difference in dentoalveolar compensation in both genders for a sample of some Iraqi adults having mild skeletal discrepancies. The sample was selected according toa range of overjet and overbite between 1-5 mm. and consisted of 70 Iraqi adults (31 males and 39 females) aged 18-31 years. Clinical examination and digital lateral cephalometric radiograph were performed for each individual. Six linear and thirteen angular cephalometric measurements were measured for each individual radiograph using AutoCAD program 2006.