Investigation of the Relationship between the Increase in the Intercanine width and the Children’s Facial Parameters; a 6-month Follow-up Study

Ghaderi, F.; Badakhsh, S.; Hekmatfar, S.

Investigation of the Relationship between the Increase in the Intercanine width and the Children’s Facial Parameters; a 6-month Follow-up Study

Document Type : Short Communication

Authors

F. Ghaderi ¹

S. Badakhsh ²

S. Hekmatfar ³

¹ Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

² Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry and Committee Dental Research, School of Dentistry, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.

³ Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry and Committee Dental Research School of Dentistry, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.

Abstract

The present study, as a pilot study, aimed to investigate the increase in the intercanine width in different facial forms to predict the amount of future increase in the intercanine width. The results of the pilot study showed that the intercanine width increased more in the boys with wider faces while this relationship was not observed in the girls. Based on the results of this preliminary study, the girls’ facial width could not be considered as a determining criterion in evaluation of the amount of increase in the intercanine width.