Changes in soft tissue profile following treatment with the bionator

Angle Orthod. 1995;65(6):423-30. doi: 10.1043/0003-3219(1995)065<0423:CISTPF>2.0.CO;2.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the changes in the soft tissue profile in patients treated in the mixed dentition with a bionator. Two groups of 30 individuals, between 9 and 12 years old and with Class II, Division 1, malocclusion were matched for age, sex, observation time, and dentofacial characteristics. Patients in the first group were treated with a bionator for an average of 18.7 months, resulting in a Class I molar relationship and reduction of overjet. The second group acted as a control and individuals did not receive any form of orthodontic treatment. Pretreatment and posttreatment cephalograms were analyzed and paired t-tests were used to compare the significance of changes between the two groups. Compared with the control group, the treated group demonstrated 1.97 degrees decrease in ANB, a 3.35 mm increase in anterior facial height, 2.22 degrees decrease in soft tissue profile convexity, and 17.4 degrees increase in mentolabial angle.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Controlled Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Activator Appliances*
  • Age Factors
  • Cephalometry
  • Child
  • Face / anatomy & histology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lip / growth & development
  • Male
  • Malocclusion, Angle Class II / therapy*
  • Mandible / growth & development
  • Matched-Pair Analysis
  • Maxillofacial Development*
  • Orthodontics, Corrective / methods*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vertical Dimension