BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between improvements in lip asymmetry at rest and while smiling after orthognathic surgery in patients with skeletal class III malocclusion. METHODS This study included 21 patients with skeletal class III malocclusion and facial asymmetry. We used preoperative and postoperative CT data and photographs to measure the vertical dis...

INTRODUCTION Tooth extraction to provide sufficient space, or camouflage of underlying skeletal problems is quite common in orthodontics. The present study evaluated soft tissue changes after upper first premolars extraction in class ΙΙ div 1 patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS 20 cases (15 females, 5 males), with a mean age of 17.8±2.9 years with class ΙΙ div1 malocclusion and normal vertical hei...

Introduction: This retrospective study aimed to determine skeletal and dental changes after a growth spurt shortly treatment using facemask in Class III malocclusion with maxillary deficiency. Methods: We retrospectively studied 50 patients (25 per group) who underwent tooth-anchored (T-A, mean age 7.92) miniscrew-anchored (M-A, 9.84) intraoral appliances. In both groups, the applied traction f...

AIM The present case report describes the importance of understanding of biomechanical and clinical considerations in application of Forsus appliance in correction of class II skeletal malocclusion. BACKGROUND Angle's class II malocclusion is one of the most prevailing that may be either skeletal or dental presenting with different clinical manifestations. There are number of appliances to tr...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of mandibular third molar impaction in different vertical skeletal facial types. METHODOLOGY: Data was collected using pre-treatment records including orthodontic files, lateral cephalograms and OPGs 90 patients. Patients from both genders were included. The age group selected patients 18-30 years. Vertical malocclusion measured angle plane on cephalogram t...

The study was carried out to investigate the etiological skeletal factors differentiating class 2 malocclusions from class one malocclusion patients at Jinnah Medical & Dental College, Orthodontics department. A total of 34 (M:F ratio 13: 2 1) skeletal class 1 malocclusion patients (group A) and 39 (M:F ratio 23:16) severe class 2 division one malocclusion (group B) patients were selected at th...