Abstract
Recent beauty trends have caused an increase in the number of bialveolar protrusion patients seeking treatment of lip protrusion. But studies of these patients are not common. Studies using their dental models are especially rare. Dental models have been measured manually or through a computer by digitizing two dimensional images of models. Nowadays, we are able to study dental models more easily and accurately by utilizing the three-dimensional (3-D) laser scanner in dentistry. An investigation was carried out to evaluate the characteristics of the dental arch in a bialveolar protrusion group in comparison with a normal group using 3-D digital models. The normal group was composed of 20 subjects who were selected from students of the School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University. The bialveolar protrusion group was composed of 20 subjects who visited for treatment at the Department of Orthodontics, Kyungpook National University Hospital. Tooth size, arch width and arch length were measured digitally, and arch shape and the shape of the palate were drawn. Based on the results of this study, the differences of the arch characteristics in the bialveolar protrusion group were that the size of the teeth was larger, mandibular canine width and 1st premolar width were wider, and arch length was longer than in the normal group. And there were differences in the arch shape and the shape of palate between the bialveolar protrusion and normal groups.
최근 안모의 심미성이 중요시되면서 구순 돌출로 인한 비심미성을 해소하고자 내원하는 양악 치조골 전돌자의 수가 증가하는 추세이다. 그러나 이러한 환자에 대한 연구는 많지 않으며 특히 모형을 이용한 연구는 극히 적다. 모형을 이용하는 연구는 주로 손으로 직접 계측하거나 2차원 평면에서 컴퓨터를 이용하여 측정하였으나 근래에 3차원 레이저 스캐너가 도입되면서 모형을 이용한 연구를 좀 더 빠르고 간편하면서도 정확하게 할 수 있게 되었다. 이 연구는 3차원 디지털 모형을 이용하여 양악 치조골 전돌자의 치열궁 특성을 알아보기 위한 것이다. 양악 치조골 전돌자 20명과 정상교합자 20명을 대상으로 치아 크기, 치열궁 폭경 및 치열궁 길이, 치열궁과 구개의 형태를 비교하여 본 결과 양악 치조골 전돌자는 정상교합자보다 치아 크기가 크고, 하악 견치간 폭경 및 제1소구치간 폭경이 크며 치열궁 길이가 길었다. 그리고 치열궁 형태와 구개 형태에서 정상교합자와 차이를 보였다.