title: Transverse dental compensation in relation to sagittal and transverse skeletal discrepancies in skeletal Class III patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purposes of this study were to compare the buccolingual inclinations of the posterior teeth in skeletal Class III patients with and without facial asymmetry with those of skeletal Class I patients and to investigate their relationships with sagittal and transverse skeletal discrepancies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty-three skeletal Class III adult patients were divided into 2 groups according to the degree of menton deviation: a symmetry group with deviation less than 2 mm (n = 30), and an asymmetry group with deviation greater than 4 mm (n = 33). The control group comprised 25 skeletal Class I patients. The buccolingual inclinations of the posterior teeth measured on cone-beam computed tomography images were compared among the 3 groups, and regression analysis was performed to investigate the relationships between the inclinations and the sagittal and transverse skeletal discrepancies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The symmetry group showed greater buccal inclinations of the maxillary posterior teeth and lingual inclinations of the mandibular second molars than did the control, and this was correlated with the ANB angles. The deviated sides in the asymmetry group showed the greatest transverse dental compensation, which was correlated with menton deviation, whereas the nondeviated sides showed no significant transverse dental compensation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transverse dental compensation is closely related to sagittal and transverse skeletal discrepancy in skeletal Class III patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jaechan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, National Health Insurance Service, Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Yeon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Institute of Craniofacial Deformity, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Chooryung J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Institute of Craniofacial Deformity, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address: khkim@yuhs.ac.
authors.forename: Kyung-Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001641:Bicuspid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002508:Cephalometry; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008311:Malocclusion, Angle Class I / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology; D008963:Molar / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009055:Mouth / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult