The study encompassed 40 lateral skull x-rays taken from patients attending the Orthodontics clinic at the Graduate School, National School of Dentistry, National University of Mexico, within the 2004-2006 period. Patients had received diagnosis of skeletal open bite. This diagnosis was emitted with the help of open bite cephalometric indicators.
Se determinó el patrón facial mediante el ángulo basal superior, ángulo basal inferior e índice facial suborbital en 40 radiografías laterales de cráneo de pacientes que acudieron a la clínica de Ortodoncia de la DEPeI de la FO UNAM de 2004-2006 diagnosticados con mordida abierta esqueletal mediante indicadores cefalométricos para mordida abierta.