Facial orthopedics as a treatment option in class III growing patients

Aim: Developing Class III Malocclusion in most of the cases affects dentofacial appearance the goal of this study is to investigate the changes in the facial appearances in treated patients with Face mask orthopedic treatment and untreated Class III patients. Material and Method: The sample consisted of 49 patients (boys and girls) who had a Class III Malocclusion with an anterior crossbite and a component of maxillary deficiency. 28 of them were treated with protraction Face mask - Delair mask (petit type) and the other 21 were presenting the control group consisted of untreated Class III Patients. In treated group pretreatment and posttreatment cephalometric radiographs from 28 patients (15 males and 13 females) were analyzed and compared with the results of cephalometric analyzes in untreated group (observation period of 1 year). Results: from these study showed forward displacement of maxilla (SNA p