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KOREAN JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS
Volume 47, Issue 5, Pages 277-288Publisher
KOREAN ASSOC ORTHODONTISTS
DOI: 10.4041/kjod.2017.47.5.277
Keywords
Cone-beam computed tomography; TMJ; Asymmetry; Class II subdivision
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Funding
- Program for the Natural Science Foundation of China [81470772]
- Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing [cstc2015jcyjA10028, cstc2016jcyjA0238]
- Medical Scientific Research Project of Chongqing [20141013, 2015HBRC009]
- Innovation Team Building at Institutions of Higher Education in Chongqing [CXTDG201602006]
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Objective: Treating Class II subdivision malocclusion with asymmetry has been a challenge for orthodontists because of the complicated characteristics of asymmetry. This study aimed to explore the characteristics of dental and skeletal asymmetry in Class II subdivision malocclusion, and to assess the relationship between the condyle-glenoid fossa and first molar. Methods: Cone-beam computed tomographic images of 32 patients with Class II subdivision malocclusion were three-dimensionally reconstructed using the Mimics software. Forty-five anatomic landmarks on the reconstructed structures were selected and 27 linear and angular measurements were performed. Paired-samples t-tests were used to compare the average differences between the Class I and Class II sides; Pearson correlation coefficient (r) was used for analyzing the linear association. Results: The faciolingual crown angulation of the mandibular first molar (p < 0.05), sagittal position of the maxillary and mandibular first molars (p < 0.01), condylar head height (p < 0.01), condylar process height (p < 0.05), and angle of the posterior wall of the articular tubercle and coronal position of the glenoid fossa (p < 0.01) were significantly different between the two sides. The morphology and position of the condyle-glenoid fossa significantly correlated with the three-dimensional changes in the first molar. Conclusions: Asymmetry in the sagittal position of the maxillary and mandibular first molars between the two sides and significant lingual inclination of the mandibular first molar on the Class II side were the dental characteristics of Class II subdivision malocclusion. Condylar morphology and glenoid fossa position asymmetries were the major components of skeletal asymmetry and were well correlated with the three-dimensional position of the first molar.
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