scholarly journals Evaluation of soft tissue changes around the lips after bracket debonding using three-dimensional stereophotogrammetry

2015 ◽  
Vol 85 (5) ◽  
pp. 833-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Kyun Kim ◽  
Nam-Ki Lee ◽  
Sang-Woon Moon ◽  
Moon-Jung Jang ◽  
Hyun-Suk Kim ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Objective:  To evaluate the changes in soft tissue around the lips after orthodontic bracket debonding using three-dimensional (3-D) stereophotogrammetry. Materials and Methods:  3-D facial images of 20 subjects (10 men and 10 women; mean age, 26.81 ± 7.23 years) were taken with a white light scanner before and after debonding the labial brackets. Two images acquired from each subject were superimposed, and 15 soft tissue landmarks around the lips were plotted and analyzed. Statistical analysis was performed using both paired and independent t-tests (P < .05). Results:  There were no significant changes in position of any landmark on the x (left-right)- or y (vertical)-axes after removal of the brackets. However, the landmarks in the oral commissures and lower lip (LLP, −0.55 mm; Li, −0.44 mm; Ch-L, −0.56 mm, all P < .05) on the z (anteroposterior)-axis showed statistically significant differences. There were no significant positional changes of most landmarks on the x-, y-, or z- axes after bracket removal among the various genders and lip thicknesses. Conclusions:  There was a slight retrusion in the oral commissure and lower lip areas after debonding, but no changes were found in the upper lip area. This study showed that 3-D stereophotogrammetry can be useful in evaluating facial soft tissue changes in orthodontic patients.

1997 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Mccance ◽  
James P. Moss ◽  
W. Rick Fright ◽  
Alf D. Linney ◽  
David R. James

The three-dimensional, facial soft-tissue changes of 24 patients with various cleft types following transpalatal Le Fort I osteotomy were measured using laser scanning techniques, radial measurements, and a color millimetric scale. There was a varying degree of midface retrusion in the different cleft groups, and a very similar pattern of retrusion over the nasal complex. Each group of patients showed a varying degree of relapse postsurgically, but there was a failure in all the cleft groups to correct the lack of nasal projection.


Scanning ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Ersin Yıldırım ◽  
Şeniz Karaçay ◽  
Dilek Tekin

This study was aimed at proposing a three-dimensional (3D) evaluation method for the soft tissue effects of Twin Block (TB) functional appliance therapy by using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images. In this retrospective study, a total of 60 pre- and posttreatment (T0 and T1) CBCT images of Class II patients with mandibular retrognathia treated with a TB appliance were used. Volumetric and linear soft tissue changes were evaluated quantitatively with 3D measurements and qualitatively with color mapping visual. Linear (NV-A and NV-Pog) and angular (SNA, SNB, and ANB) skeletal changes were also measured on 3D images. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare statistical differences, and the scores of male and female participant differences were observed with the Mann–Whitney U test. In this study, a decrease was observed in SNA ( p < 0.05 ), ANB ( p < 0.01 ), and NV-Pog ( p < 0.05 ) while an increase in SNB ( p < 0.01 ) was found. However, decrease in NV-A distance was not statistically significant ( p > 0.05 ). As a result of the evaluation of soft tissue changes, while the anterior reposition of the lower lip, soft tissue pogonion, and soft tissue gnathion was found to be significant ( p < 0.01 , p < 0.01 , and p < 0.05 , respectively), the upper lip and subnasale repositions were not statistically significant ( p > 0.05 ). 3D soft tissue changes after TB therapy can be evaluated quantitatively and qualitatively by using CBCT images. Anterior repositioning of the mandible with functional therapy also provides improvement in soft tissue profile, especially in the lower facial region.


2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Safieh Al Bougha ◽  
Hiroyuki Nakano ◽  
Kousuke Yasuda ◽  
Kei Suzuki ◽  
Tomohiro Yamada ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandran Upadhyaya ◽  
Mohan Baliga ◽  
Premalatha Shetty

Aim and objective: The main aim and objectives of this study was to determine the changes in the facial soft tissue profile following orthognathic surgery, to evaluate eventual treatment effects on stability of facial aesthetics and degree of predictability of these changes. Materials and method: 15 numbers of patients underwent with le fort I, anterior maxillary osteotomy, genioplasty and bimaxillary surgery. The alar base cinch suture and the V-Y closure techniques were used in each maxillary procedure. The criteria applied included an average follow-up of 6 months post-operatively. Results: In this study preoperative and postoperative cephalometric tracing were compared to analyze the soft tissue profile changes in relation to hard tissue changes in both upper and lower lip and chin regions after double jaw surgery. Only horizontal changes were analyzed for which an X-Y coordinate system was used. The upper lip responded variably to the direction and amount of maxillary positioning. The predictability and the significance of changes of soft tissue in relation to hard tissue are variable as it reaches towards the nose. Conclusion: It is important for the clinician to realize that numerous factors of variability exist so that he can understand that the soft-tissue profile will sometimes deviate quite markedly from what is expected, in spite of careful planning.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hieu Nguyen ◽  
Jeong Won Shin ◽  
Hai-Van Giap ◽  
Ki Beom Kim ◽  
Hwa Sung Chae ◽  
...  

Abstract The authors have withdrawn this preprint due to author disagreement.


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