抄録
The purpose of this study was examine the criterion of the vertical dimension without dentition and the ANS-Me distance was measured on the lateral standard radiogram of the head in 22 patients without dentition who were classified into the stable group of the mandiblar position and the unstable group of its.
As a result, the male's and female's mean of the best vertical dimension in the stable group was closer to the mean orthodontic adult vertical dimension determined in healthy subjects with dentition than the unstable group's one, and also the mean of the best vertical dimension in the unstable group was lower 5 mm than the stable group's one.
Therefore, it's possible to get the reliable criterion of the best vertical dimension in edentulous patients by using the method of this study and increasing samples.
