<p class=\"Pa2\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: 200%;\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\" lang=\"EN-US\">Cephalometric characteristics of Bangladeshi adults with Class II malocclusion.</span></strong></p>
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<p class=\"Pa2\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span class=\"A1\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\" lang=\"EN-US\">Abstract&nbsp; </span></strong></span></p>
<p class=\"Pa2\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;\"><span class=\"A1\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\" lang=\"EN-US\">Objectives:</span></em></strong></span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\" lang=\"EN-US\">This study evaluating the craniofacial characteristics of </span></em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\" lang=\"EN-US\">Bangladeshi adults with class II malocclusion were studied in order to frame cephalometric angular and linear measurements and to relate their mean differences with the <span class=\"A1\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;\">established values of </span></span>class I Bangladeshi adults&rsquo; cephalometric<span class=\"A1\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%;\"> norms. </span></span></span></em></p>
<p class=\"Pa2\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;\"><span class=\"A1\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\" lang=\"EN-US\">Materials and Methods:</span></em></strong></span><span class=\"A1\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\" lang=\"EN-US\"> Fifty (50) standardized lateral cephalometric radiographs of Bangladeshi adults including 25 males and 25 females </span></em></span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\" lang=\"EN-US\">with an average age of 20 years</span></em><span class=\"A1\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\" lang=\"EN-US\"> were studied</span></em></span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\" lang=\"EN-US\">. </span></em><span class=\"A1\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\" lang=\"EN-US\">The conditions of selection were </span></em></span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Class II incisor relationship with or without crowding, no deformity, </span></em><span class=\"A1\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\" lang=\"EN-US\">and no previous orthodontic treatment. </span></em></span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\" lang=\"EN-US\">All cephalometric landmarks were located and determined and subsequently tracings were done to execute cephalometric analysis.</span></em></p>
<p class=\"Pa2\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Results:</span></em></strong><span class=\"A2\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\" lang=\"EN-US\">The results of the existing study revealed there is no statistically significant difference </span></em></span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\">between the genders on all measured values. Bangladeshi male showed larger values</span></em><span class=\"A2\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\';\" lang=\"EN-US\"> than those of the Bangladeshi females in most of the variables. </span></em></span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Mean values of cephalometric norms of Bangladeshi adults were very much different than the </span></em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\" lang=\"EN-US\">Class I malocclusion adults</span></em><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\">.</span></em></p>
<p class=\"Default\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Conclusion:</span></em></strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"> T</span></em><span class=\"A2\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; color: windowtext; mso-bidi-language: BN-BD; mso-ansi-font-style: italic;\" lang=\"BN-BD\">he reading should be kept in </span></span><span class=\"A2\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-MY; mso-bidi-language: BN-BD;\" lang=\"EN-MY\">attention</span></em></span><span class=\"A2\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; color: windowtext; mso-bidi-language: BN-BD; mso-ansi-font-style: italic;\" lang=\"BN-BD\"> for this group separately </span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: BN-BD; mso-ansi-font-style: italic;\" lang=\"BN-BD\">as it varies fr</span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; color: windowtext; mso-bidi-language: BN-BD;\" lang=\"EN-US\">o</span></em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: BN-BD; mso-ansi-font-style: italic;\" lang=\"BN-BD\">m the class I Malocclusion.</span></p>
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<p class=\"Pa2\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\">Keywords:</span></em></strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: \'Times New Roman\',\'serif\'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"> Class II malocclusion, cephalometric radiographs, cephalometric norms, Bangladeshi adult.</span></em></p>