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KMID : 0358920150420020126
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pedodontics
2015 Volume.42 No. 2 p.126 ~ p.135
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Effects of Facemask Therapy for Class III Malocclusions in Patients with Different Vertical Skeletal Patterns
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Lee Eun-Ha
Park Ki-Tae
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the skeletal and dentoalveolar effects of facemask therapy and to compare the anchorage of a bonded expander in patients with Class III malocclusion and different vertical skeletal patterns.
Twenty subjects with Class III malocclusion were included in this study and were treated with a facemask and bonded expander. Based on the FMA, subjects were divided into two groups of 10 patients each: a high vertical group (HV; mean FMA 33.56º) and an average vertical group (AV; mean FMA 24.88º). Lateral cephalograms were taken and evaluated before and after treatment.
In both groups, forward movement of the maxilla and backward rotation of the mandible were observed after treatment, with no statistical differences between the groups. Vertical skeletal variables increased in both groups, but the increase of FMA was significantly larger in the HV group than the AV group. Mesial movement of maxillary molars and proclination of maxillary incisors which indicate anchorage loss of bonded expander were observed in both groups, with no significant differences between the groups.
In conclusion, facemask therapy resulted in effective maxillary protraction in both HV and AV groups. However, the open bite tendency was increased more in the HV group.
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KEYWORD
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Facemask, Class III malocclusion, Vertical skeletal pattern, Anchorage
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