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Table 5 Cephalometric measurements based on the skeletal type, articular angle and skull base angle

From: Morphological configuration of the cranial base among children aged 8 to 12 years

 

Skull base angle (sella/basion/nasion)

Anterior cranial base length

Mean value

SD

Mean value

SD

ANB skeletal type

 Type I

130.92

5.61

61.75

2.82

 Type II

130.87

4.91

62.72

2.47

 Type III

131.25

4.42

62.43

2.59

 

Mandibular body length (Go-Me)

Gonial angle (Ar-Go-Me)

Mean value

SD

Mean value

SD

Articular angle

 Normal

60.47

4.65

128.86

5.75

 Increased

62.32

5.00

127.59

4.47

 Decreased

60.32

4.89

128.70

6.09

Normal skull base angle (sella/basion/nasion)

 Normal

60.89

4.46

129.00

5.41

 Increased

61.18

5.83

128.35

4.32

 Decreased

61.30

5.03

125.41

6.80