Aim: To assess the effectiveness and quality of surgical-orthodontic treatment outcomes through Begg technique in patients with malocclusions.
Material and methods: Of a total of 117 patients referred to the Orthodontics Clinic lasi, 16 patients with malocclusions (7 boys and 9 girls) were selected according to certain criteria and received surgical and orthodontic treatment through Begg technique. The outcomes were assessed clinically and radiological. Statistical analyzes were performed in SPSS 16.0 for Windows.
Results: 56.2% of the patients presented Angle Class I malocclusion, 12.5% Class II/1, and 31.3% Class 11/2. Orthodontic therapeutic extractions were performed symmetrically on maxillary and/or mandible in 12 patients: first premolars in 18.8%, second premolars in 37.5%, or permanent first molars in 18.7%. Following extraction all patients were treated with Begg appliances. The duration of active treatment stages was variable, depending on stage results and some individual inconveniences. After five years, the therapeutic outcomes were stable, there were no posttreatment relapses, and the degree of root resorption of upper incisors that occurred in 60% of the patients was low.
Conclusions: The indications of the orthodontic treatment through Begg technique have some limitations, the dental and periodontal response varied from patient to patient, major post-treatment root resorptions did not occur, and the assigned time was on average 6 month longer.