[Combination of maxillary and mandibular inclination in children with skeletal Class I, II and III relationship].

This study was performed on a sample of 70 cases with skeletal class I, II and III relationship. The angles of maxillary and mandibular inclination were measured by the Schwarz's method. The mean values of the measurements investigated, the distribution of the inclination directions, the combination of maxillary and mandibular inclination and priority in the inclination degree of inclusion were determined. It was found that 51.43% of the patients had the maxillary retroinclination and 88.57% the mandibular retroinclination. The maxillary anteinclination (61.53%) was dominant in cases with class III malocclusion only. The combination of the retroinclination of both jaws (47%) was the most frequent finding followed by the maxillary anteinclination and mandibular retroinclination (30%). In comparison with the maxilla, the mandible dominated in the degree of inclination in 80% of cases.