Correlation of clivoaxial angle to skeletal malocclusions: A prescreening for future risk of neurodegenerative disorders

Abstract

Objectives To find out if there exists any correlation between clivoaxial angle (CXA) and skeletal malocclusions. Materials and Methods: Lateral cephalograms of 33 filipino patients equally divided in three types of skeletal malocclusions were traced, and cephalometric parameters CXA, BaSN, ANB, SNMPA, FMA, MMPA, and Y-axis were traced. Data underwent bivariate correlation and curve estimation analysis in SPSS 17.0 statistical software at confidence interval of 95% and 0.05 significance level. Results A highly significant (P = 0.003) strong negative correlation was revealed in Class III patients between CXA and BaSN. Conclusion Class III patients seem to have higher chances of craniocervical junction anomalies and thus might be at risk of developing neurodegenerative disorders in future.