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Case report: early class III correction using titanium dental implants and facemask therapy: a 24-year follow-up

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|Jul 2022

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Pre-treatment photographs.
Pre-treatment photographs.

Figure 2.

Pre-treatment dental casts.
Pre-treatment dental casts.

Figure 3.

Pre-treatment lateral cephalogram and orthopantomogram.
Pre-treatment lateral cephalogram and orthopantomogram.

Figure 4.

Tubinger facemask with photos demonstrating intraoral anchors.
Tubinger facemask with photos demonstrating intraoral anchors.

Figure 5.

Completion of full fixed appliances photographs (1994).
Completion of full fixed appliances photographs (1994).

Figure 6.

Post-Facemask lateral cephologram and orthopantomogram (1996).
Post-Facemask lateral cephologram and orthopantomogram (1996).

Figure 7.

Profile view of Pre-tx (1991), Post FM treatment (1996) and 24 years post FM Treatment (2020).
Profile view of Pre-tx (1991), Post FM treatment (1996) and 24 years post FM Treatment (2020).

Figure 8.

Superimposition of initial (1991; black), post treatment (1996; blue) and Twenty-four year retention (2020; red) on Sella-Nasion.
Superimposition of initial (1991; black), post treatment (1996; blue) and Twenty-four year retention (2020; red) on Sella-Nasion.

Figure 9.

Twenty-four years post-FM cessation photographs.
Twenty-four years post-FM cessation photographs.

Figure 10.

Twenty-four years post-FM cessation lateral cephalogram and orthopantomogram.
Twenty-four years post-FM cessation lateral cephalogram and orthopantomogram.

Figure 11.

Twenty-four years post-FM cessation dental casts.
Twenty-four years post-FM cessation dental casts.

Cephalometric Measurements_

Immediate effects Medium and long term observations
MeasurementPre-treatmentRME completionFull fixed appliance completionFM completion2 Years post FM cessation11 Years post FM cessation24 Years post FM cessation
SNA ( )76787979.5797979
SNB (°)838181818281.581
ANB (°)-7-3-2-1.5-3-2.5-2
WITS (mm)-13-7-8-8-9-5-5
NAPog (°)-7-3-2.5-3-3-3.5-4
SN – PP (°)87387.543
SN-GoGn(°)34343838383940
Co-A (mm)697575767677785
Co- Pog (mm)95100104107109110122
LAFH/TAFH (%)56586059616061
U1 – PP (°)113111110110110106110
U1 – NA (°)28272828251828
L1-MP (°)765868.575777764
L1-NB (°)15310.515191910
Interincisal angle (°)144160144136136144146
NLA (°)6090929494106104
Ulip-E line (mm)-9-4-4-7-8-9-12
Llip-E line (mm)310-1-1-3-3
OJ (mm)-5322-1.5-21
OB (mm)4232121

Clinical measurements_

Pre treatmentRME completionFull fixed appliance completionRetention (1 year prior FM completion)Prior to re-treatment (11 years post FM)After re-treatment24 Years Post treatment
Overbite (%)60401015104020
Overjet (mm)-542.52-131
Incisor relationshipIIIIIIIIIIII
Molar relationshipIIIIIIIIII
Intermolar width Mx (mm)45474545454342
Arch Depth Mx (mm)25202121192120
Intermolar width Md (mm)39423637373737
Arch Depth Md (mm)23181515151516
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2022-0024 | Journal eISSN: 2207-7480 | Journal ISSN: 2207-7472
Language: English
Page range: 213 - 226
Submitted on: Dec 1, 2021
Accepted on: May 1, 2022
Published on: Jul 14, 2022
Published by: Australian Society of Orthodontists Inc.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2022 Nida Khan, John Stamatis, Robert Bower, Patrick J. Henry, Mithran Goonewardene, published by Australian Society of Orthodontists Inc.
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