Ana de Lourdes Sá de Lir, Walter Leal de Moura, Antonio Carlos Oliveira Ruellas, Margareth Maria Gomes Souza, Lincoln Issamu Nojima
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this perspective research was to study the long-term stability of skeletal, dentoalveolar and soft tissue after orthognathic surgery in subjects presenting with Class II and Class III malocclusions. METHODS: The available digitized cephalometric radiographs, including pretreatment (t0), presurgery (t1), a minimum of 12 months postsurgery (t2) and at least 3 years after the orthosurgery treatment (t3) were taken between 1998 and 2010. In Group 1 mandibular advancement and in Group 2 mandibular advancement and maxillary impaction surgery were performed for correction of Class II...
June 2013: Journal of Cranio-maxillo-facial Surgery