The clinical use of a craniofacial growth atlas.

A method of using normative growth data from An Atlas of Craniofacial Growth in planning orthodontic treatment and monitoring growth and response to therapy has been presented. Since the Atlas contains data on many cephalometric variables for both sexes from the ages of 6 to 16 years, the clinician can use any popular cephalometric diagnostic analysis for individualized diagnosis, treatment planning, and assessment of results. A practical example has been shown, applying the method to a young girl wearing a Frankel appliance during the first phase of treatment.