Orthodontic clinical examination: free interactive exam form
Face, profile, arches, occlusion, functions and cephalometrics: tick what you see chairside, add the cephalometric measurements, and every finding outside the norm is listed and grouped (skeletal, dentoalveolar, dental, esthetic, functional). The same fields, norms and rules as the GS Ortho diagnostic studio. Built for orthodontic residents and students.
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- No sign-up
- Norms and sources for every field
- Share a case with one link
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The same order, for every patient
A clinical examination is easier to learn, and two exams are easier to compare, when it always follows the same order. The tool uses the order of the GS Ortho diagnostic studio:
- Face: facial shape, symmetry, chin, facial thirds, lips at rest, smile.
- Profile: convexity, nasolabial angle, labiomental fold, chin, lip position relative to the Steiner S-line.
- Intra-arch: arch form, palate, symmetry, first molar rotation, dentition and space available.
- Inter-arch: canine and molar Angle classification, overjet, overbite, transverse relationship and midlines.
- Functions: breathing, swallowing, speech, chewing, TMJ and habits.
- Ceph: SNA, SNB, ANB, FMA, GoGn-SN, incisor position and inclination (U1/NA, L1/NB, IMPA). Enter them, or trace them with our free online ceph analysis: one button sends them here.
Each field offers its normal value first (in green). The ? button shows the norm or definition and its source. Thresholds follow the studio: for example, increased overjet above 2 mm and deep bite above 3 mm, as discussed in our guide to overjet and overbite.
Made for residents
- Case presentations: copy or print a clean exam sheet, grouped by plane, before you build your slides.
- Discuss a case: share the link with a classmate or your program director, who opens exactly the same exam.
- Self-check: load the example, compare your own exam with the findings, open the ? notes to review the norms.
Frequently asked questions
What does an orthodontic clinical examination include?
An extraoral examination (face from the front, smile, profile), an intraoral examination of each arch (arch form, palate, symmetry, space available), the examination of the arches in occlusion in all three planes (Angle classification, overjet, overbite, crossbites, midlines) and the examination of functions (breathing, swallowing, speech, chewing, TMJ, habits). Records (panoramic radiograph, lateral cephalogram, study models) come next; the main cephalometric measurements can be added in the Ceph panel.
Where do the findings come from?
From the exam module of the GS Ortho diagnostic studio: the same fields, options and rules, based on the university diploma course and the reference textbooks cited in each field’s note (the ? button; sources are mostly French-language orthodontic textbooks such as Boileau). A field left empty never produces a finding: nothing is assumed to be normal for you.
Which cephalometric norms are used?
The studio norms: SNA 82 ± 2°, SNB 80 ± 2°, ANB 2 ± 2°, FMA 25 ± 3° (hyperdivergent above 28°, hypodivergent below 22°), GoGn-SN 32 ± 5°, U1/NA 22 ± 2° and 4 ± 1 mm, L1/NB 25 ± 2° and 4 ± 1 mm, IMPA 88 ± 3°. A value near the edge of the norm gives a tendency, not a class, and dentoalveolar protrusion is only stated when the angle and the distance agree. It is a simplified reading, without Wits or compensations.
Can I share a case with a classmate or my program director?
Yes. "Share this case" creates a link that contains the exam (age, sex, findings and measurements, never a name) after the # of the address, a part that browsers never send to the server. Nothing is stored on our side: whoever opens the link sees the same exam.
Does the tool make a diagnosis?
No. It records and groups the clinical findings that fall outside the norm. The diagnosis combines them with photos, radiographs and the space analysis, and it remains the clinician’s.
Learning and exam aid: it records and groups clinical findings; it does not make a diagnosis and does not replace a full examination, further records or the clinician's judgment.