Esthetics of facial profile in adult patients with Class II, Division 1. Changes in orthognathic surgery and orthodontic treatment
Abstract
The perception (of laymen and orthodontists) of facial profile in a patient with Class II, Divjvision 1, and of the changes due to orthognathic surgery and orthodontic treatment were studied. The questionnaire study consisted of two sets of questionnaires: 130 pes filled in by laymen (78 women and 58 men), and 93 questionnaires filled in by orthodontists (58 women and 35 men).
Respondents evaluated two types of a profile - a male and a female profile, of a person in his/her early middle age. Three categories of profile were evaluated: a profile of an individual that did not undergo any treatment, a profile of if a patient treated with orthodontic compensation (involving extracnons^j), and a profile of a pafenf treated with orthodontidc-surgical treatment (with mandible advancement).