Figure 1.
Image from a typical patient with mandibular deviation.
Anterior X-ray film. The lengths of the mandibular rami have an obvious difference. The vertical distance from the chin ridge to the inferior orbital fissure line is greater than 2 mm.
Figure 2.
Image from a typical volunteer.
Figure 3.
The midpoints of the inferior orbital fissures were designated as points A and B, and the midpoint of the chin ridge was as point C.
Figure 4.
Standing anteroposterior X-ray film of the full-length spine.
The midpoint of the 7th cervical vertebra was designated as point D, the midpoint of pubic symphysis point E, and the shoulder peaks as points F and G. In the cervical and thoracic vertebrae, the midpoints of the upper most scoliotic vertebra were designated as points H and I.
Table 1.
The difference analysis between Patients group and Control group.
Figure 5.
The correlation analysis of mandibular deviation with scoliosis or trunk balance.
A. The degree of scoliosis in the cervical vertebrae had a positive, linear correlation with the degree of mandibular deviation. B. The degree of scoliosis in the thoracolumbar vertebrae had a positive, linear correlation with the degree of mandibular deviation. C. The imbalanced angle of the shoulders had a positive, linear correlation with the degree of mandibular deviation. D. The imbalanced angle of the trunk had a positive correlation with the degree of mandibular deviation, but there was no linear trend.
Table 2.
The Bivariate Pearson correlation analysis.