Patient satisfaction after orthognathic surgery: a 3 year follow-up of 60 high-angle Class II individuals.

Background And Objectives: High-angle Class II malocclusion is considered challenging to treat to a stable result and, although studies report treatment outcome in terms of morphology, patient satisfaction has not been addressed. The objectives of the present study were to examine patients' motives for treatment and satisfaction with the results.

Material And Methods: A structured questionnaire was distributed 3 years post-operatively to 93 consecutively treated patients with an initial diagnosis of mandibular-plane angle (ML/NSL) ≥34.

A comparison of Class II open bite correction by maxillary or mandibular surgery.

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare treatment outcomes for anterior occlusion and vertical skeletal stability after maxillary or mandibular surgery for correction of Class II malocclusion with a mild to moderate open bite.

Methods: The records of 57 consecutive patients were retrieved; 30 had undergone 1-piece Le Fort I osteotomy, and 27 had undergone a bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO), without additional surgery. Lateral cephalograms at 6 stages were available (pretreatment to 3 years postsurgery).

Bimaxillary surgery to correct high-angle class II malocclusion: does a simultaneous genioplasty affect long-term stability?

Background And Objectives: High-angle skeletal Class II malocclusion is one of the most challenging dentofacial deviations to treat and, in adults, a combination of orthodontic treatment and bimaxillary orthognathic surgery is often indicated. This study examines the rate of clinically significant relapse and whether a genioplasty affects the treatment outcome of high-angle Class II malocclusions.

Material And Methods: Cephalometric tracings of 36 consecutively treated high-angle Class II patients were evaluated from pre-surgery to 3 years post-surgery.

Dental arch changes from 22 to 43 years of age: are they different in individuals with high versus low mandibular plane angle?

Objective: To investigate whether individuals with high and low mandibular plane angles, respectively, have different patterns of long-term dental arch changes in adulthood.

Subjects And Methods: The material comprised 16 low-angle (≤ 24.4 degree) and 10 high-angle individuals (≥38.

Asymmetric mandibular prognathism: outcome, stability and patient satisfaction after BSSO surgery. A retrospective study.

Purpose: To investigate surgical outcome, long-term stability, the time course of relapse, neurosensory disturbances, and patient satisfaction after BSSO for correction of mandibular asymmetry. Another objective was to examine whether osteotomies for transverse rotation of the distal segment represent an increased risk for nerve injury.

Subjects And Methods: In a retrospective study lateral and postero-anterior cephalograms, information from patient files and questionnaires were analysed for 38 patients having more than 4 mm asymmetry at the chin pre-treatment (mean 8.