This paper describes the treatment of a male patient aged 14 years who presented with a skeletal class I, vertical maxillary excess, marked increase in overjet, thin palatal cortex and a gummy smile. Considering the severity of his malocclusion and its impact severity on his psychosocial well being, he was managed with a combined approach of Fixed Orthodontic therapy and Orthognathic surgery, e...

Skeletal Class II malocclusion is commonly observed clinical entity. A relatively common condition as it is easily recognized by dental health professionals and patients. The dentofacial characteristics with which patient reports to dentist often become an aesthetic and functional handicap for patient [1]. During Angle’s era Class II cases are those with mandibular distoocclusion [2]. According...

Skeletal relationships in the sagittal plane do not always correspond with dental relationships. The aim of this study was to determine in which type of malocclusion the correlation between overjet and skeletal sagittal parameters assessed by lateral cephalogram analysis is the highest. The extent to which overjet can predict skeletal relationships in the sagittal plane was also assessed. Eight...

OBJECTIVE To determine the distribution of skeletal and dental malocclusions in a sample of Saudi orthodontic patients. METHODS Six hundred and two randomly selected pretreatment orthodontic records were evaluated in this descriptive, retrospective study conducted between June to September 2009 at the Orthodontic Clinic of the College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Sa...

Objective: No study has investigated the relationship between maxillary sinus findings and skeletal malocclusion based on conebeam computed tomography (CBCT). The objectives of this study were to determine the relationship between the frequency of sinus findings and patients’ skeletal malocclusion classification. Materials and Method: A total of 105 CBCTscans were examined and divided into 3 gr...

an increased overbite may be due to a skeletal or dental etiology that may influence treatment. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the skeletal and dentoalveolar features in patients with deep bite malocclusion in an iranian population and to determine the most and least effective and contributory variables causing deep bite.lateral cephalograms and study casts of normal (n=85) and deep ...

INTRODUCTION Few studies utilized cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) to evaluate soft tissue dimensions in malocclusion patients. The aim of this study was to analyze the three-dimensional (3D) soft tissue relationships of adult patients according to their gender and skeletal sagittal class using CBCT Materials and methods: The study sample consisted of 96 CBCT images of patients of both gend...

Etiology of Class III malocclusion can be genetic or environmental. Proclination of mandibular incisors and retroclination of maxillary incisors can cause posturing of the mandible in an anterior position due to incisal interference, a condition called pseudo Class III malocclusion that can be misleading in evaluating a patient with skeletal Class III malocclusion. Unfortunately, cephalometric ...

Introduction: The vertical and sagital position of the maxilla and mandible is influenced by the size and the angulation of the cranial base. Sellae turcica is part of the cranial base. It is located in the middle cranial fossa. Thus, the growth and the development of this bony structure are influenced by neural and general skeletal pattern as well. Cephalometric analysis is an important part o...

Results of orthodontic Class II malocclusion treatment can be influenced by inherent characteristics such as patient age, malocclusion severity and degree of compliance, or even by factors regarding the orthodontist’s subjective preference such as the treatment protocol. Basically, Class II treatment protocols involve nonextraction or extraction of two or four premolars. However, a greater trea...