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Twin-block and mandibular anterior repositioning appliances effects in Class II malocclusion correction by Cristina Bastiani; Silvio Augusto Bellini-Pereira; Aron Aliaga-Del Castillo; Kelly Chiqueto; José Fernando Castanha Henriques; Guilherme Janson is a Dentistry article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Introduction: The objective of this study was to compare the cephalometric changes in class ii division 1 malocclusion patients treated with the twin-block (tb) and the mandibular anterior repositioning appliance (mara). ## Methods: This retrospective study was performed with 132 lateral cephalograms of patients with class ii malocclusion divided into 3 groups: a tb group comprised 21 patients with mean initial and final ages of 10.59 and 11.97 years, respectively, treated for a mean period of 1.38 years; a mara group comprised 21 patients with mean initial and final ages of 11.98 and 13.20 years, respectively, treated for a mean period of 1.22 years; and a control group included 24 subjects with untreated class ii malocclusion with mean initial and final ages of 10.55 and 12.01 years, respectively, observed for a mean period of 1.46 years. cephalometric intergroup comparisons regarding the treatment changes (t2 - t1) were performed with the analysis of covariance, followed by tukey tests. ## Results: Both appliances demonstrated significant restriction of the maxilla and improvement of the maxillomandibular relationship. the mara produced a significantly greater amount of labia
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- Author
- Cristina Bastiani; Silvio Augusto Bellini-Pereira; Aron Aliaga-Del Castillo; Kelly Chiqueto; José Fernando Castanha Henriques; Guilherme Janson
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Dentistry (Health Sciences)