Three-dimensional assessment of nasal changes after maxillary advancement with impaction using stereophotogrammetry
10.4041/kjod.2020.50.4.249
- Author:
Gokhan COBAN
1
;
Ibrahim YAVUZ
;
Busra KARADAS
;
Ahmet Emin DEMIRBAS
Author Information
1. Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
- Publication Type:Original Article
- From:The Korean Journal of Orthodontics
2020;50(4):249-257
- CountryRepublic of Korea
-
Abstract:
Objective:To evaluate the changes in the nose in three dimensions after Le Fort I osteotomy in patients with skeletal Class III malocclusion.
Methods:The subjects were 40 adult patients (20 females and 20 males; mean age, 20.3 ± 3.0 years; range, 17.0 to 31.1 years) who underwent one-piece Le Fort I osteotomy with maxillary advancement and impaction treatment for maxillary hypoplasia. The mean maxillary advancement was 4.56 ± 1.34 mm, and the mean maxillary impaction was 2.03 ± 1.04 mm. Stereophotogrammetry was used to acquire three-dimensional images before and at least 6 months after surgery.
Results:Alare (Al) and alare curvature (Ac) points had moved vertically and anterolaterally postoperatively. A significant increase was observed in the nasal ala width and alar base width, and no changes were noted in the columellar length, nasolabial angle, and nasal area. There was a significant relationship between maxillary impaction and nasal ala width and horizontal and sagittal positions of the bilateral Al and Ac. The only relationship found was between maxillary advancement and postoperative sagittal location of the subnasale and pronasale.
Conclusions:Nasal soft tissues were highly affected by the vertical movement of the maxilla; however, the soft tissue responses were individual-dependent.
