[X-ray cephalometric characteristics of the facial skeleton in distal occlusion].

Comparative evaluation of the structure of facial skeleton was performed in 37 patients with distal occlusion and 63 subjects with orthognathic occlusion by means of x-ray cephalometric analysis. Multidimensional statistical analysis was used to clarify the pathogenesis of distal occlusion primarily caused by disparity in the jaws development. The latter elicits the so-called mixed forms of distal occlusion most common in patients.