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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1870-199X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista odontológica mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Odont. Mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1870-199X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Odontología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1870-199X2007000100020</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/fo.1870199xp.2007.11.1.15882</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Características radiográficas de la mordida abierta esquelética]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Radiographic characteristics of the skeletal open bite]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Argüelles Tello]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adriana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Oropeza Sosa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Guillermo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guerrero Ibarra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM FO DEPeI]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM FO DEPEI]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,UNAM FO DEPeI]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>11</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>20</fpage>
<lpage>23</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1870-199X2007000100020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1870-199X2007000100020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1870-199X2007000100020&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen El propósito de este estudio fue comparar diferentes indicadores cefalométricos de mordida abierta, ya que su definición y concepto varían, y los criterios de evaluación son distintos al no existir un análisis cefalométrico perfecto, lo que hace que su inidentificación tenga una variabilidad de acuerdo con el concepto clínico. El material consistió en 40 radiografías laterales de cráneo de pacientes que acudieron a la Clínica de Ortodoncia de la DEPeI de la FO UNAM de 1997 a 2003. Veinte fueron de pacientes diagnosticados con mordida abierta esquelética y 20 Clase I esquelética y dental, con medidas cefalométricas normales. Al hacer las comparaciones entre los grupos de mordida abierta y clase I existieron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en algunas medidas, las cuales nos pueden señalar las áreas que posiblemente son responsables de la mordida abierta esquelética. Los datos obtenidos en este estudio corroboran que sí existen grandes diferencias en los pacientes con mordida abierta esquelética y que se pueden utilizar medidas específicas para su identificación.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract The purpose of this research, was to compare different open bite cephalometric indicators, since its concept and definition varies, and the evaluation criteria is different, as there isn´t a perfect cephalometric analysis, which makes its identification to have a variability according to the clinical concept. The material consisted in 40 lateral radiographs of patients that assisted to the Orthodontics Clinic at School of Dentistry at UNAM from 1997 to 2003. Twenty patients were diagnosed with skeletal open bite, and 20 with dental and skeletal Class I with normal cephalometric an dental measurements. When the comparisons between the open bite and the skeletal Class I groups were made, statistical significative differences were found in the measurements which can point to the areas that are posibly responsible in the skeletal open bite. The data obtained in this report indicate that there are actually big differences in open bite patients and specific measurements can be used for its identification.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mordida abierta]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[medidas cefalométricas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[diagnóstico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Open bite]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cephalometric data]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[diagnosis]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
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