Stability of skeletal changes after activator treatment of patients with class III malocclusions.

The aim of this study was to examine the skeletal changes produced by Class III activator during the treatment of patients with skeletal Class III malocclusions and to characterize the stability of these changes in the years after treatment. The samples consisted of 19 girls and 9 boys. Their mean age was 9.

The significance of the integumentary profile.

Profile analysis was performed on 180 Thai female subjects with ages ranging from 16 to 21 years. Seventy were of Chinese origin. The determination of the profile analysis mean values was based on the methods of Schwarz, Subtelny, Ricketts, Burstone, and Schwartz.