Author(s)

Anjana Shetty, Anand Patil, Sanjay Ganeshkar

Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, AECS Maaruthi Dental College, Banglore, India.
Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, SDM College of Dental Sciences, Dharwad, India.

Introduction: Borderline Class II malocclusion due to deficient mandible can be treated either by orthodontic camouflage, fixed functional appliances or by orthodontics followed by surgical mandibular advancement. Methodology: A prospective study was designed on young adults with Class II malocclusion on account of a deficient mandible. A total of 45 subjects were divided into three groups of 15 individuals each. The patients were treated either by camouflage, fixed functional appliances or by orthognathic surgery. Pre and post treatment cephalograms were used to assess the skeletal, dental and soft tissue changes. Pre and post treatment profile photographs were assessed on a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) by orthodontists, oral surgeons and laypersons. Results: Each group achieved a reduction in facial convexity, but the results obtained from the surgical group were more pronounced than the camouflage and the fixed functional group. Conclusion: The reduction in convexity in the camouflage group was by retracting the upper anteriors, which increases the nasolabial angle. In the fixed functional appliance a combination of skeletal and dentoalveolar changes can be observed. However the most appropriate reduction in profile convexity can be obtained by combined orthodontic and surgical treatment of malocclusion.

Class II Malocclulsion; Camouflage; Fixed Function Appliance; Orthognathic Surgery

Shetty, A. , Patil, A. and Ganeshkar, S. (2012) Comparison of skeletal, dental and soft tissue changes in young adults with Class II malocclusion, treated either by camouflage, fixed functional appliance or orthognathic surgery—A prospective study on Indian subjects. Open Journal of Stomatology, 2, 373-382. doi: 10.4236/ojst.2012.24065.