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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2019

A 10-year-old girl complains of an aesthetic flaw. The anamnesis states, that she had been sucking her right thumb up to the age of 7. Objectively: the face lower third is somewhat reduced. Tire sagittal fissure between the upper and lower incisors, is 9 mm wide, class 2 according to the Angle classification. Eshler-Bittner test leads to initial temporary improvement of the girl’s face, followed by renewed deterioration. What clinical malocclusion is the most likely in this case?

Answer options

  1. Mandibular micrognathia
  2. Mandibular retrognathia
  3. Maxillary prognathism with lateral compression
  4. Maxillary macrognathia and mandibular micrognathia
  5. Maxillary macrognathia
Correct answer

Maxillary macrognathia and mandibular micrognathia

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