Maria Shahwar, Seem Zahid, Ulfat Bashir, Zoya Hamid.
To assess position of third mandibular molar in different sagittal patterns.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;36(4):583-5.

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between mandibular third molar and sagittal pattern of the patients reporting to the orthodontics department of IIDC. Orthopentomogram (OPG) and lateral cephalograms of 50 patients ranging from age group 15 to 25 years were taken. The sample was divided into 2 groups i.e. skeletal class 2 and class 3. Four parameters were studied on these patients, which included angle between mandibular second molar(M2) and occlusal plane, angle between amdibular third molar(M3) and occlusal plane, distance between M3 and occlusal plane and retromolar distance. The result shows difference between left and right side of angle between M2, M3 and occlusal plane but it is insignificant. The retromolar distance and the distance between M3 and occlusal plane in class 2 and 3 patients also has difference on both sides but this difference is also insignificant (p>0.05). The study did not show any significant relation between mandibular third molar position and sagittal skeletal discrepancy in both males and females.

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