Point · B

B point

The deepest point of the concavity on the front of the mandible, between the crest and pogonion.

Press the ceph to take the circle off.

At Beginner a placement counts as found within 2.5 mm of the reviewed reading.

How to find it

Press a step to be shown it on the ceph.

Common errors

Each figure is the reviewed reading of B point and a typical miss, on the same ceph, at the distance the mistake usually goes.

the pointthe miss5.2 mm

Placed at the alveolar crest

The crest is a sharp corner and it attracts the point. The concavity begins below it.

the pointthe miss3.4 mm

Placed on the lower incisor root

Proclined lower incisors push their roots into the concavity, and the root outline is the one the eye follows.

Used in

7 measurements are built on it. Miss it, and every one of them moves.

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