[Clinical study of vertical dimension before and after orthodontic treatment in a Class II population]

Odontostomatol Trop. 2003 Jun;26(102):13-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors tried to highlight orthodontics only or mixed "orthopedics + orthodontics" repercussions about vertical dimensions while comparing the measurements before and after treatment done on teleradiographies of profile of 30 hyperdivergent and hypodivergent patients with skeletal class II. The clinical conclusions have been drawn after discussion of the results.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cephalometry
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Malocclusion, Angle Class II / diagnostic imaging
  • Malocclusion, Angle Class II / pathology*
  • Malocclusion, Angle Class II / therapy*
  • Maxillofacial Development
  • Orthodontics, Corrective*
  • Radiography
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vertical Dimension*