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Odontoestomatología
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Resumen
ZAFFIRI, Valentina; IDROVO, Juan Diego; MANRIQUEZ, Germán y DIAZ, Alejandro. Determination of skeletal class using the Wits appraisal: Is it correct to differentiate the norm between sexes?. Odontoestomatología [online]. 2024, vol.26, n.44, e236. Epub 01-Dic-2024. ISSN 0797-0374. https://doi.org/10.22592/ode2024n44e236.
Objectives:
to test the hypothesis of sex-dependent differences among individuals using the Wits appraisal.
Methods:
a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 135 lateral cephalometric radiographs of patients over 18 years old (78 women and 57 men), classified as skeletal class I according to the ANB angle. The Wits appraisal values were measured and compared between sexes using the Mann-Whitney test to evaluate the hypothesis guiding this work.
Results:
the median value of the Wits appraisal was -1.77 mm. in women and -1.16 mm. in men. No statistically significant differences were found between sexes (p = 0.5597).
Conclusions:
it is suggested that in orthodontic practice, no adjustment of the norm between sexes be made when establishing the skeletal class diagnosis
Palabras clave : Malocclusion; Wits Appraisal; Orthodontics.