title: Cervical vertebrae maturation, dentoalveolar, head postural and respiratory parameters in predicting the stable outcome of face-mask treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To select predictors related to cervical vertebrae maturation (CVM), dentoalveolar adaptation, head posture, and respiration on outcome of face-mask treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-six patients (24 boys and 22 girls) with skeletal Class III pattern whose CVM stages ranged from I to IV at pretreatment were selected. The observation period was 2.87 ± 1.77 years from the end of treatment. Negative overjet and overbite was regarded as unstable. CVM, 10 skeletal variables, 6 dental adaptation variables, 4 alveolar housing variables, an airway variable, and 2 head posture variables were chosen for discriminant analysis of initial characteristics between stable and unstable groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Measurements exhibiting strong correlations were distance from lower incisor to Nasion, B point (NB), Frankfort horizontal plane to Mandibular incisor Angle (FMIA), incisor overbite, body to anterior cranial base.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We missed muscle-related variables, which cannot be identified in a cephalogram.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Presence of non-skeletal cephalometric factors more closely associated with stability of face-mask treatment rather than skeletal cephalometric factors at the initial stage are confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics and the Graduate School of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Kwang-Min
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics and the Graduate School of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea abeh@dankook.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Dong-Hwa
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics and the Graduate School of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics and the Graduate School of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000254:growth & development / Q000473:pathology; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000254:growth & development*; D002648:Child; D005115:Extraoral Traction Appliances; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005544:Forecasting; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000628:therapy*; D008334:Mandible / Q000254:growth & development / Q000473:pathology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000254:growth & development / Q000473:pathology; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000254:growth & development / Q000473:pathology; D057887:Overbite / Q000628:therapy; D010155:Palatal Expansion Technique / Q000295:instrumentation; D011187:Posture; D012119:Respiration; D019291:Skull Base / Q000254:growth & development / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome