title: Cephalometric alterations following facial advancement surgery. 2. Clinical and computerised evaluation.
abstract: Part 1 of this investigation identified an established patient cohort whose treatment is best suited to combined surgical-orthodontic correction of dento-facial deformity. This is as opposed to the attempted correction of the problem by an orthodontics-only or a surgery-only approach. Experienced surgeons will subjectively assess facial aesthetics and devise surgical treatment objectives in terms of the beneficial soft tissue improvements derived from dento-skeletal manipulation. None the less, traditional and soft tissue cephalometric parameters remain a guideline in the diagnostic phase of treatment. Part 2 of this investigation compared pre and postoperative clinical and computerised evaluations of patients diagnosed as having combined mid and lower dento-facial deficiency with Class 1 dento-skeletal parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Hoffman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Staples
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Moloney
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D004954:Esthetics; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007180:Incisor / Q000473:pathology; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014716:Vertical Dimension