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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-5-26
pubmed:abstractText
Some clinicians have suggested that one primary difference between successful and unsuccessful Class II treatment outcomes is the relative change of anterior and posterior facial heights. Successfully treated cases are claimed to exhibit greater increases in posterior facial height (PFH, articulare to gonion) than in the anterior facial height (AFH, menton to palatal plane). This conjecture was tested here by recalling a treated Class I sample and a treated Class II sample and by comparing the differences found in these samples to an untreated Class II sample at the same ages. The PFH/AFH ratio increased significantly more in the treated Class I and Class II samples during the active phase of treatment than in the untreated Class II sample at the same ages. During the years from posttreatment to recall (mean = 6 yrs), there was a significant increase in the PFH/AFH ratio in the treated Class II sample due to a greater increase in PFH than AFH. This ratio continued to improve after all appliance therapy had been discontinued, and it did not occur in the treated Class I sample nor in the untreated Class II sample. The conclusion was that the patient with a Class II malocclusion, if treated, continues to change favorably over time. This favorable change, in turn, helps maintain the Class II correction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0889-5406
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
105
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
438-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical ramifications of posterior and anterior facial height changes between treated and untreated Class II samples.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthodontics, University of Tennessee, Cookeville.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article