Skeletal structure of asymmetric mandibular prognathism and retrognathism

Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 5 Correlation between the Me deviation and bilateral differences in the measurements

Correlation with Me deviation	Group A (asymmetry with prognathism)		Group B (asymmetry with retrognathism)
Correlation with Me deviation	r	P	r	P
Conylar width	0.136	0.417	0.223	0.192
Condylar height	0.681	< 0.001^**	0.351	0.036^*
Ramus-proper height	0.216	0.194	0.308	0.068
Ramus length	0.604	< 0.001^**	0.410	0.013^*
Body length	0.574	< 0.001^**	0.583	< 0.001^*
Con_AP	− 0.057	0.735	0.005	0.975
Con_vert	− 0.082	0.626	− 0.014	0.934
Con_transv	− 0.071	0.671	0.442	0.007^**
Go_AP	− 0.121	0.469	− 0.222	0.193
Go_vert	0.536	0.001^**	0.314	0.063
Go_transv	− 0.620	< 0.001^**	− 0.273	0.107
Axial condyle rotation (yaw)	0.347	0.033^*	0.081	0.639
Frontal condyle inclination(roll)	0.346	0.033^*	0.037	0.831
Axial ramal rotation (yaw)	− 0.012	0.945	− 0.324	0.054
Frontal ramal inclination (roll)	− 0.142	0.395	− 0.229	0.178
Sagittal ramal inclination (pitch)	− 0.054	0.748	− 0.195	0.253
Gonial angle	− 0.354	0.029^*	0.105	0.542