E/O Symmeter and vertical proportions :

  • noticable assymetry between left and right side of face
  • frontal heigh is equally divided

Frontal facial profile:

  • Facial fights,
    • width of mouth is more than interpupillary
    • width of nose is smaller than the interpupillary distance
    • lhs las segment is smaller = uneven facial fifths
  • lower face:
    • tooth display:
      • MI greater than usal at rest because of incompetance
      • on smile is adequant
      • absent buccal corridor
      • smile arch is consonant
      • dental midline is shifted to patients right
  • Lateral view
    • convex profile
    • equal proporitions
    • Mandibular plane angle is normal
  • Tooth/lip
    • Protrusive lower lip
    • Prominent and incompetent lips at rest
  • IO frontal
    • Anterior open bite
    • central diastema
  • IO occlusal
    • mixed dentition: permanent 1st molars , permanent incisors : dental age: 8-9 years
    • v shaped maxillary, u shaped mandibular

Problem list

  • AOB
  • increased overjet
  • Class II relationship
  • Lip incompetencne
  • Midline discrepancy
  • Diastema
  • Malocclusion overall

Do nothing?

Tx:

  • thumb sucking
    • behavioral management
    • appliance therapy