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Assessment of the relationship between maxillary rotation and nasal morphology in males
Nasal features are important in treatment planning for orthodontic treatment.The purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between maxillary inclination and nasal morphology in males.Forty-five samples were selected for the study between the ...

- On comparing different maxillary inclination with linear nasal parameters, nasal height, and NBL was found to be increased in the retroinclination group and gradually decreases as the inclination progresses toward normalinclination and further toward anteinclination, whereas nasal depth was found to be increased in normalinclination group and decreased in retroclination group
- On comparing the different maxillary inclination groups with angular nasal parameters, the NLA and nasal tip angle was found to be maximum in retroinclinaion group and minimum in the anteinclination group whereas upper lip inclination was maximum in normalinclination and minimum in retroinclination group
- The NMA depicting the facial convexity including the nose showed a convex profile in anteinclination group and a decreased convexity in retroinclination group
- The change in maxillary inclination has no effect on cranial base angle.
Big nose is caused by mainly three things:
- Too high nasal height at the nose bridge, because of your bad maxilla position.
- In addition to this high nasal height at the nose bridge, the tip is downward because of the position of the maxilla, accentuating the already high nasal height. (Look at LEFORT 1)
- Because the soft tissue at your philtrum is not pushed forward enough by the maxilla, making the nose tip more projecting compared to the philtrum, and the nose narrower, in fact, put a finger under your philtrum, you nose looks wider at the tip, smaller. (Look at LEFORT 1 again)
- Because of your rotated maxilla (Probably even more pushed back by your jew orthodontist), your mandible is too far back compared to the already recessed maxilla, and this avoid your actually big nose to look "masculine". (Look at BSSO)
Yes, I know that some people have phenotypically big noses, but they are well recognizable, and these people have never had especially bad oral habits in their lives and have a jaw in a good position, their nose is just like that.
Hooked nose at the bridge is also probably a phenotype, but I'm pretty sure it would not have been so accentued with a well placed maxilla
But if you have spent your life mouth breathing and visited an orthodontist who has pushed your maxilla even further back and you are still wondering why your nose looks big, you have your answer, also yes, some nose phenotypes seems to resist to recession better than other nose phenotypes but if you're a man, you probably didn't have a small nose bridge phenotype to start with.
To conclude: If the size of your nose compared the rest of your face is your problem, you are probably totally stupid to want a nose job, and you should want to improve the position of your maxilla: Facepulling could be a solution?
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