Title
Cephalometric and occlusal changes of class iii malocclusion treated with or without extractions
Date Issued
01 July 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidade de São Paulo
Publisher(s)
Dental Press Editora Ltda
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the cephalometric and occlusal changes of orthodontically treated Class III malocclusion patients. Methods: The experimental groups comprised 37 Class III patients treated: G1) without (n=19) and G2) with extractions (n=18) . The control group (G3), matched by age and sex with the experimental groups, consisted of 18 subjects with untreated Class III malocclusion. Cephalometric (radiographs) and occlusal (study models) changes were assessed between the beginning (T1 ) and the end (T2 ) of treatment. Intergroup comparisons were performed with one-way ANOVA followed by Kruskal-Wallis tests (p < 0.05). Occlusal changes were evaluated by the peer assessment rating (PAR) index (ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis tests), and the treatment outcomes were evaluated by the Objective Grading System (OGS) (t-tests). Results: The experimental groups showed a restrictive effect on mandibular anterior displacement and a discrete improvement in the maxillomandibular relationship. Extraction treatment resulted in a greater retrusive movement of the incisors and significant improvements in the overjet and molar relationship in both groups. The PAR indexes were significantly reduced with treatment, and the OGS scores were 25.6 (G1) and 28.6 (G2), with no significant intergroup difference. Conclusions: Orthodontic treatment of Class III malocclusion patients with fixed appliances improved the sagittal relationships, with greater incisor retrusion in the extraction group. Both the extraction and non-extraction treatments significantly decreased the initial malocclusion severity, with adequate and similar occlusal outcomes of treatment.
Start page
24
End page
32
Volume
25
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Odontología, Cirugía oral, Medicina oral
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85091579274
PubMed ID
Source
Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics
ISSN of the container
21769451
Sponsor(s)
The authors would like to thank to the FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo), for the financial support (process #2015/06177-5).
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