Soft tissue linear evaluation of fixed Twin-block appliance treatment and tooth extraction in skeletal Class Ⅱ malocclusion

Abstract

Abstract: PURPOSE: This cephalometric study was designed to evaluate the soft tissue profile effects of Twin-block combined with straight wire appliances to treat growing adolescents with skeletal Class Ⅱ malocclusion and mandibular retrognathia. METHODS: The samples comprised 31 growing individuals with skeletal Class Ⅱ and mandibular retrognathia. They were divided into 2 groups. The study group (18 patients) was treated with fixed Twin-block combined with fixed appliance, while the control group (13 patients) was only treated with fixed appliance after tooth extraction. Pretreatment and posttreatment lateral cephalograms were taken before and after Twin-block treatment and after all the fixed appliance treatment. Linear cephalometric measurements of soft tissue were analyzed statistically. Intragroup and intergroup changes of the 2 groups were evaluated using SPSS 15.0 software package. RESULTS: Significant changes of G'-Pg', Li-1, Si-B and Ls-E line between before and after treatment were found in the study group, while Li-1, Ls-E line and Li-E line changed significantly in control group. The change of Li-E line was different between the 2 groups. CONCLUSIONS: Twin-block combined with fixed appliance treatment is better than extraction with fixed appliance treatment in promoting lower facial profile in cases of skeletal Class Ⅱ malocclusion and mandibular retrognathia with growth potentials.

Key words: Skeletal Class Ⅱ, malocclusion, Twin-block appliance, Tooth extraction, Soft tissue linear cephalometric analysis

CLC Number:

R783.5

GONG Yao,LI Pei-lun,WANG Hong-hong,YU Quan,WEI Bin,SHEN Gang. Soft tissue linear evaluation of fixed Twin-block appliance treatment and tooth extraction in skeletal Class Ⅱ malocclusion[J]. Shanghai Journal of Stomatology, 2015, 24(2): 232-235.

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