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Skeletal, dental and profile changes after environmental alteration in growing Class II patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Skeletal Class II growing patients with retrognathic mandible
Class II malocclusion&#44
Growth modification&#44
Environmental alteration&#44
Mandibular deficiency&#44
Skeletal discrepancy&#44
Class II treatment&#44
Class II division 1
Registration Number
TCTR20170706003
Lead Sponsor
Graduate school, Prince of Songkla University
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria

(1) mild to moderate skeletal Class II patients (ANB=4-9); (2) growing patients in stage 4 to 5 indicating an acceleration or peak of growth according to Bjork (1972) and Grave and Brown (1976) in a hand-wrist radiograph; (3) convex facial profile (FCA>13); (4) no previous history of orthodontic treatment; and (5) no systemic or degenerative disease of the temporomandibular joints.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who were at the end stage of growth
Patients who were not willing to comply during treatment

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cephalometric measurement Pre-treatment (T0), Post-levelling&aligning (T1) lateral cephalometric measurement
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cephalometric superimposition Pre-treatment (T0), Post-levelling&aligning (T1) change from stable structure of cranial base
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