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Orthodontics

a cephalometric measure of jaw disharmony taken as the distance between perpendiculars from points A and B onto the occlusal plane.

In orthodontics, Wits appraisal refers to a cephalometric measure of jaw disharmony taken as the distance between perpendiculars from points A and B onto the occlusal plane. This meaning comes from Jacobson (1975) in American Journal of Orthodontics.[1]

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References

Jacobson, A. (1975). The “Wits” appraisal of jaw disharmony. American Journal of Orthodontics, 67(2), 125-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9416(75)90065-2

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