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. 2011 Oct;5(4):423–432.

Table 3.

Summary of cephalometric landmarks and definitions.

Abbreviation Definition
1 SNA (°) The angle between the lines Sella-Nasion and Nasion-A point
2 SNB (°) The angle between the lines Sella-Nasion and Nasion-B point
3 ANB (°) The angle between the lines A point-Nasion and Nasion-B point
4 SN/PP (°) The angle between the lines Sella-Nasion and Palatal Plane (ANS-PNS)
5 SN/MP (°) The angle between the lines Sella-Nasion and Mandibular Plane (Me-Go)
6 SE (mm) The distance between Sella and E point
7 SL (mm) The distance between Sella and L point
8 Pg-NB (mm) The distance between Pogonion and Nasion-B point
9 Ar-Pg (mm) The distance between Articulare and Pogonion
10 A-RL2 (mm) The distance between A point and Reference Line 2
11 B-RL2 (mm) The distance between B point and Reference Line 2
12 A-RL1 (mm) The distance between A point and Reference Line 1
13 ANS-Me/N-Me (%) The ratio between lower facial height and total facial height
14 Jarabak Ratio (%) The ratio between posterior facial height (S-Go) and anterior facial height (N-Me)
15 Gonial Ratio (%) The line drawn from Nasion to Gonion divides the gonial angle(ArGo-MeGo) into to two
The ratio between the upper and lower angles is the gonial ratio
16 U1/SN (°) The angle between the Sella-Nasion and the upper incisor axis
17 IMPA (°) The angle between the Mandibular Plane (Me-Go) and the lower incisor axis
18 L1/RL2 (°) The angle between the lower incisor axis and Reference Line 2
19 Interincisal Angle (°) The angle between the upper incisor axis and the lower incisor axis
20 SN/OP (°) The angle between the Sella-Nasion and the Occlusal Plane
21 L1/NB (mm) The distance from the lower incisor most buccal point to the Nasion-B point
22 Overjet (mm) The distance from the lower incisor to upper incisor tips on the sagital plane
23 Overbite (mm) The distance from the lower incisor to upper incisor tips on the vertical plane
24 U6-RL1 (mm) The distance from the mesio-buccal cusp tip of upper first molar to Reference Line 1
25 U1-RL1 (mm) The distance from the upper incisor tip to Reference Line 1
26 H Angle (°) The angle between Nasion-B point and soft tissue pogonion - upper lip
27 Nasolabial Angle (°) The angle between nose tip - subnasale and subnasale - upper lip
28 N-A-Pg (°) The angle between Nasion - A point and A point - pogonion
29 A-labialis superior (mm) The distance between A point and upper lip
30 E line-labialis superior (mm) The distance between upper lip and E Line (Soft tissue pogonion - nose tip)
31 E line-labialis inferior (mm) The distance between lower lip and E Line (Soft tissue pogonion - nose tip)
32 Labialis superior-RL2 (mm) The distance between upper lip and Reference Line 2
33 Labialis inferior-RL2 (mm) The distance between lower lip and Reference Line 2
34 Lip strength (mm) The difference between the distance from the most buccal point of upper incisor to upper lip and the distance from A point to soft tissue sulcus superior