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nasion-menton

nasion-menton

[′nā·zē‚än ′men‚tän]
(anthropology)
The distance measured between the nasion and the midpoint of the lower edge of the chin.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Se ubicaron los puntos cefalometricos y en cada radiografia se determinaron las medidas lineales: plano oclusal (PO) incisivo central maxilar (IS) y mandibular (II), angulo interincisal, grosor labio superior (GLS) e inferior (GLI), angulo nasolabial (ANL), proyeccion de labio superior (PLS) e inferior (PLI), Gap interlabial y la linea vertical nasion-menton (LVV).
La proyeccion del labio inferior mostro diferencia en hombres (P [less than or equal to] 0,039) y el plano vertical nasion-menton describe diferencia significativa (P [less than or equal to] 0,001) para hombres y mujeres.
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