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. 2017 Jan 6;4(1):014501. doi: 10.1117/1.JMI.4.1.014501

Table 2.

Classification of anatomical types based on eight standard clinical measurement sets.6,7

Methods Type 1 Type 2 Type 3
(1) The angle between L5, L2, and L6 A point–nasion–B point angle (ANB) 3.2 deg to 5.7 deg >5.7 <3.2
Class I (normal) Class II Class III
(2) The angle between L1, L2, and L6 sella–nasion–B point angle (SNB) 74.6 deg to 78.7 deg <74.6  deg >78.7  deg
Normal mandible Retrognathic mandible Prognathic mandible
(3) The angle between L1, L2, and L5 sella–nasion–A point angle (SNA) 79.4 deg to 83.2 deg >83.2  deg <79.4  deg
Normal maxilla Prognathic maxilla Retrognathic maxilla
(4) ODI 68.4 deg to 80.5 deg >80.5  deg <68.4  deg
Normal Deep bite tendency Open bite tendency
(5) APDI 77.6 deg to 85.2 deg <77.6  deg >85.2  deg
Normal Class II tendency Class III tendency
(6) The ratio of posterior face height to anterior face height facial height index (FHI) 0.65 deg to 0.75 deg >0.75 <0.65
Normal Short face tendency Long face tendency
(7) The angle between L1, L2, and L9 frankfurt-mandibular plane angle (FMA) 26.8 deg to 31.4 deg >31.4  deg <26.8  deg
Normal Mandible high angle tendency Mandible low angle tendency
(8) The distance between L12 and L11 modify-wits (MW) 2 mm to 4.5 mm 0 mm >4.5  mm
Normal Edge to edge Large over jet
<0  mm
Anterior cross bite