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Correlation of Skeletal and Dental Midlines in Patients with Bimaxillary Protrusion, The Concept of Medical Physics behind Setting Optimised Treatment Goals: A Digital Radiographic Study.

African journal of paediatric surgery : AJPS · Chinnasamy A, George G, Ralte L, Erukala S, Bannampalli V, Parveen S, Suresh BJ, Swarnalatha C, Nayyar AS · 2026-01-01

This study examined 150 orthodontic patients with bimaxillary protrusion to determine how often their skeletal midlines aligned with their dental midlines using digital X-rays. Most patients showed misalignment between skeletal and dental midlines, with leftward deviations being more common than rightward shifts.

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