Qingchen Feng, Fulin Jiang, Huixia Wang, Gang Shen, Zhihe Zhao, Lingyong Jiang, Chen Jiang, Qi Fan, Jinyi Zhu, Peiyue Pan, Wenlong Huang, Juan Li
INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of modified clear Twin Block (CTB) aligner and traditional twin block (TB) appliance from skeletal, dentoalveolar and soft tissue changes in adolescents with skeletal class II malocclusion. METHODS: A total of 80 adolescents, included in this study from two medical centres, were distributed into CTB group, TB group and control group based on the treatment they received. Lateral cephalograms at pre-treatment (T1) and post-treatment (T2) were measured by modified Pancherz's cephalometric analysis, and dentoskeletal and soft tissue changes were analysed by independent-sample t-test, paired-sample t-test, ANOVA test and Scheffe's Post Hoc test...
April 1, 2024: Orthodontics & Craniofacial Research