Role of Cephalometery in Evaluation of Vertical Dimension

The patients among the lower socioeconomic groups especially in rural areas may become edentulous at relatively earlier ages, hence requiring prosthesis to carry out oral functions.1 The long term edentulous patients also presented with changes in soft tissues profile as well as loss of vertical dimension.2 The basic objectives of complete denture prosthodontics are the restoration of facial appearance, function and the maintenance of the patient’s health and masticatory ability.3 This could be achieved by taking correct impressions and recording accurate maxillomandibular relation records. One of the records among the maxillomandibular records was recording vertical relation4, defined as the points on the maxilla and mandible when the teeth are in maximum intercuspation.5