Quick assessment of dento-skeletal asymmetry by a Customized Transparent Graphed Jig (CTGJ) - A Diagnostic Tool

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Clinical Tip

Author Details : Kumar Mukesh*, Goyal Manish, Kushwah Ashish

Volume : 3, Issue : 1, Year : 2019

Article Page : 45-47

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.jco.2019.008

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Abstract

Various methods are available today to evaluate dento-skeletal asymmetry but none seems to be efficient to be efficient to the tune of Customized Transparent Graphed Jig (CTGJ). Furthermore in Class II subdivision cases where molar is in Class II relation on one side and Class I on the other. It becomes real testing point for the clinician to diagnose the faulty molar. Supplementary diagnostic aids in the form of PA cephalogram also fail to categorically define the malocclusion site a part from an extra radiographic exposure to the patient. The need for precise and accurate measurement of the dento-skeletal asymmetry without any hazard of extra radiation led us to the fabrication of a Customized Transparent Graphed Jig (CTGJ) whose results could be calibrated even to the tune of 0.5mm. This article shows a fabrication and method of application of a Customized Transparent Graphed Jig (CTGJ) to measure dentoskeletal asymmetry of maxillary and mandibular arch.
Keywords: Class II subdivision, dentoalveolar asymmetry, Customized Transparent Graphed Jig (CTGJ), skeleton-dental asymmetry.

How to cite : Mukesh K, Manish G, Ashish K, Quick assessment of dento-skeletal asymmetry by a Customized Transparent Graphed Jig (CTGJ) - A Diagnostic Tool. J Contemp Orthod 2019;3(1):45-47

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