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S-n-a angle

S-N-A angle

In cephalometrics, an angle measuring the anteroposterior relationship of the maxillary basal arch on the anterior cranial base; it shows the degree of maxillary prognathism.

See: subspinale.

Origin: sella-nasion-subspinale (or point A)


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