Skeletal Class III malocclusion, with its unpredictable and unfavorable nature, has been characterized by a growth pattern with doubtful prognosis regarding orthodontic mechanics, even when performed early. For a long time, Class III malocclusion was regarded as a synonym of mandibular prognathism, regardless of the affected skeletal structures. Mandibular growth, essentially determined by gene...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the mean age of menarche, its secular trend in Korean women, and the relationship between malocclusion and the rate of skeletal maturation, as defined by menarcheal age. METHODS We retrospectively collected data on menarcheal age from 931 Korean women born during 1961 - 1997. Subjects were divided by the malocclusion type and birth-year decade into 3 and...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the skeletal and dental changes after intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy (IVRO) with and without presurgical orthodontics by using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). METHODS This retrospective cohort study included 24 patients (mean age, 22.1 years) with skeletal Class III malocclusion who underwent bimaxillary surgery with IVRO. The patients...

We present the orthodontic treatment of a 20-year-old Chinese man with the moderate skeletal Class III malocclusion. The usages of the temporary anchorage devices and the surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARPE) have provided a variety of options for the treatment of Class III malocclusion.

Introduction:Treatment of hyperdivergent skeletal Class II is one the most challenging for orthodontists. With advent temporary anchorage devices, patients who previously had an indication orthognathic surgery may be favored with counter-clockwise rotation mandible, resulting from vertical control posterior teeth. Also, cases increased incisors display at rest benefit these biomechanics in ante...

Background: Severe forms of scissor bite or Brodie syndrome is rare orthodontic malocclusion that occurs with a frequency of 0.01% in general population. Several methods have been described to obtain a correction from a dental, skeletal and soft tissutal points of view. In literature it was described: jaws osteotomies, surgery first approach, as the use of orthopedic-functional devices and extr...

This case report highlights the treatment of a skeletal Class II malocclusion with pseudoanodontia that indicated clinical but not radiographic absence of teeth. A 21-year-old female patient presented with a skeletal Class II malocclusion with an orthognathic maxilla and a retrognathic mandible, with Angle’s Class I malocclusion with rotated maxillary and mandibular anteriors with fourteen impa...

Abstract Aim The aim of the study was to evaluate cephalometric effects elastodontic appliance (EA) in management patients presenting with a skeletal Class II/1 malocclusion. Methods Twenty II treated using EA (Group EA) were compared 20 untreated children C). Cephalograms at start (T0) and after 24 months (T1) which time, skeletal, dental, aesthetic variables evaluated. A statistical evaluatio...

The aim of this case report is to describe the treatment of a patient with skeletal Class III malocclusion with maxillary retrognathia using skeletal anchorage devices and intermaxillary elastics. Miniplates were inserted between the mandibular lateral incisor and canine teeth on both sides in a male patient aged 14 years 5 months. Self-drilling mini-implants (1.6 mm diameter, 10 mm length) wer...