Introduction: Certain cases where identification of point A is difficult because of variations in the structure of the skeleton, soft-tissue overshadows or due to the abnormal anatomy in the cleft lip and palate patients or in growing children because of the tooth germs molding the anterior contour of maxilla, to overcome such cases various alternative methods have been given by different authors. However, concerning studies are limited. Hence, the null hypothesis is that reliability of alternative points A is not affected by the different malocclusion. Material and Methods: Lateral cephalogram of 150 patients were evaluated to locate point A exactly and consistently.
Samples were divided into 3 groups: Group I, 50 cephalograms with class I skeletal pattern. Group II, 50 cephalograms with class II skeletal pattern. Group III, 50 cephalograms with class III skeletal pattern. The…
