Changes in the craniofacial structures and esthetic perceptions of soft-tissue profile alterations after distalization and Herbst appliance treatment.

Introduction: The purpose of this prospective clinical trial is to evaluate the changes of soft tissues and designate the esthetic perceptions of children with Class II malocclusion after Herbst appliance therapy and maxillary molar distalization using stereophotogrammetry.

Methods: Thirty patients were allocated either to Herbst (6 boys and 9 girls; mean age = 11.60 ± 0.

Intra-examiner and Inter-examiner Reproducibility in Irregularity Index Measurements.

Objective: This study aimed to assess intra-examiner and inter-examiner reproducibility in irregularity index measurements.

Methods: Twenty plaster casts of moderately crowded arches were randomly selected, and five contact point displacements (CPD) at lower anterior segment (through no. 33 to no.