title: The reliability of computerized cephalometric soft tissue prediction following bimaxillary anterior subapical osteotomy.
abstract: The accuracy of predicting the results of orthodontic-surgical treatment following bimaxillary anterior subapical setback osteotomy was analyzed retrospectively. Comparisons of pretreatment prediction tracings of the lateral cephalograms with the 6-month postsurgical cephalograms of 38 patients showed that there was no statistically significant difference between the actual and predicted dentoalveolar setback in both arches. The computer-generated soft tissue predictions were generally accurate, with the exception of the horizontal position of the lower lip, which was underestimated, and, to a lesser extent, the vertical position of the upper lip, which was also underestimated. Computerized cephalometric prediction following bimaxillary anterior subapical osteotomy is sufficiently accurate to be of value to be used routinely in treatment planning for the horizontal upper lip prediction, but some modifications are advisable to obtain a more accurate horizontal lower lip prediction.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Lew
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016896:Treatment Outcome