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Cephalometric predictors of long-term stability in the early treatment of class III malocclusion
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- Issue Date
- 2005-09
- Publisher
- Angle Orthodontist
- Citation
- Angle Orthodontist 2005;75(5):747-753
- Keywords
- Class III malocclusion ; Prognosis ; Discriminant analysis
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to examine the differences in the early craniofacial morphology
of Class III malocclusions. Lateral cephalograms of 45 subjects with a Class III malocclusion
and an anterior crossbite in the deciduous or mixed dentition were examined before treatment,
after treatment, and during the long-term retention stage. The anterior crossbites of all
patients were corrected after a series of orthodontic treatments. After a mean follow-up period of
5.7 years, all the subjects were reevaluated and divided into three groups according to the final
occlusal status: good, fair, and poor occlusal stability. Twenty cephalometric variables on the
pretreatment lateral cephalograms were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance and discriminant
analysis to identify the key determinants for discriminating among the three groups. Among
the 20 variables, 11 showed statistical significance. Generally, the subjects with a smaller gonial
angle and a more hypodivergent skeletal pattern had good prognosis after the early treatment of
Class III malocclusion. When the AB to mandibular plane angle and N-perpendicular to point A
were selected in discriminant analysis, the AB to mandibular plane angle was the most significant
variable. Discriminant analysis showed a relatively high degree of correct classifications of the
patients with early Class III malocclusion. In particular, discriminant analysis showed the highest
accuracy (93.3%) when predicting a poor prognosis.
- ISSN
- 0003-3219
- Language
- English
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