This article presents a case report on a skeletal Class III associated with transverse maxillary constriction treated using a combined orthodontic and surgical approach. The presurgical orthodontic phase involved decompensation for the malocclusion accompanied by upper arch expansion. After 15 months of orthodontic preparation, the patient underwent mandibular setback surgery. A period of orthodontic stabilization and finishing was undertaken during the three months post-surgery, with final debonding 24 months after the start of treatment. The esthetic and functional results were very satisfactory thanks to this collaboration between orthodontics and surgery.
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BMC Oral Health
January 2025
Department of Orthodontics, Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University Faculty of Dentistry, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
Background: To compare the effects of first premolar extraction, molar distalization, and non-extraction treatments on the angulation and vertical positions of maxillary second molars (MxM2s) and maxillary third molars (MxM3s). To our knowledge, this is the first study to compare the effects of three different treatment types on MxM3 simultaneously.
Methods: Initial (T0) and final (T1) panoramic radiographs of three different patient groups were analyzed: first premolar extraction group (n = 26 patients, 52 MxM2, 52 MxM3), molar distalization group (n = 20 patients, 40 MxM2, 40 MxM3), and non-extraction group (n = 31 patients, 62 MxM2, 62 MxM3).
J Plast Surg Hand Surg
January 2025
Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden; Department of Orthodontics, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
Pre- and postoperative photos to assess results are widely used in plastic and reconstructive surgery, for instance, in patients with cleft lip and palate (CL/P). Evaluations are often performed by assessment panels by viewing the photos. However, these are prone to be subjective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Contemp Dent Pract
October 2024
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Ibn Al-Nafis University for Medical Sciences, Sana'a, Yemen, Phone: +86 18682960907, e-mail: Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6906-8279.
Aim: This study aimed to analyze the upper airway dimensions in adult patients with different anteroposterior (sagittal) skeletal malocclusions (class I, II, and III) using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging.
Materials And Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study involved 90 CBCT records from adult subjects who were categorized into three skeletal groups based on their ANB values: Class I ( = 30), class II ( = 30), and class III ( = 30) and were evaluated. The following upper airway measurements were considered: oropharyngeal airway volume, hypopharyngeal airway volume, pharyngeal airway volume, oropharyngeal airway length, hypopharyngeal airway length, pharyngeal airway length, the most constricted site of the pharyngeal airway, and the most constricted cross-sectional area (MIN-CSA) of the pharyngeal airway.
J Dent Sci
January 2025
Department of Dentistry, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Background/purpose: Orthodontic movement is often necessary for periodontally compromised patients to enhance esthetics, function, and long-term occlusal stability. However, the impact of orthodontic treatment immediately following the regeneration of intrabony defects on periodontal healing remains a topic of debate. The objective of this long-term case series study was to test the hypothesis that orthodontic treatment performed immediately after regenerative procedures for periodontal intrabony defects did not adversely affect periodontal healing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Prosthodont
January 2025
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Lokman Hekim University, Ankara, Turkey.
Purpose: Feeding plates for cleft palate patients have been used by clinicians for many years to temporarily close the oro-nasal communication until definitive treatment with surgical techniques. The current in vitro study aimed to evaluate the adaptation of the feeding plates manufactured by two different techniques for three cleft types.
Materials And Methods: Feeding plates were manufactured with conventional compression molding (CM) and 3-dimensional (3D) additive manufacturing on main models representing bilateral cleft, unilateral right, and unilateral left cleft types (n = 10).
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