Research Article

The Comparison of Facial Estethics between Orthodontically Treated Patients and Their Parents

Table 2

Methods errors for measurements used in this study.

MeasurementsDahlberg’s methodCoefficient of reliability

Profile photograph analysis
 Tr-N/Sn-Me (r) 0.020.976
 N-Sn/Sn-Me (r)0.010.94
 Sn-St/St-Me (r)0.010.955
 XR-XL/Tr-Me (r)0.010.989
 Ex-Me/Ex-Tr (r)0.020.995
 Al-Me/Ex-Al (r)0.070.983
 Al-Me/Ch-Me (r)0.020.98
 Ch-Me/Al-Ch (r)0.050.9
 ChR-ChL/AlR-AlL (r)0.020.943
Profile photograph analysis
 N-Pn-Cm (d)0.370.971
 Cm-Sn-Ls (d)0.680.983
 N-Pn/N-Pog (d)0.740.927
 Li-B-Pog (d)1.580.977
 G-N-Nd (d)0.320.946
 N-Pn-Pog (d)0.690.991
 G-Sn-Pog (d)1.340.929
 A-N-B (d)0.310.938
 N-Pog/N-Ls (d)0.190.988
 N-Pog/N-Li (d)0.330.975
 N-Po-Sn (d)0.50.979
 Sn-Po-Gn (d)0.640.9

d: degree; r: ratio.