| Summary: | One of the factors that influences the growth of facial skeleton may be the head position in relation to the cervical spine. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of head position on facial height and inclination of the jaws. Also, the type of the face growth is determined on the basis of percentage of anterior and posterior facial height relationship. The face growth is related to the position of the head, which is estimated on the basis of values of craniocervical angle. Cephalometric radiographs are analyzed on the total of 90 orthodontic patients, who were divided into three groups based on the values of ANB angle as an indicator of sagittal skeletal jaw relationship. The results show that the position of the head extension in relation to the cervical spine is most often associated with class II maloclusion. Such a position of the head is associated with increased front and reduced rear height of the face and it creates conditions for the facial growth with backwards rotation. The increased values of the craniocervical angle are accompanied by increased values of angles of inclination of the jaw, which also affects the increase of front face height.
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