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

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.

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