Case Report

Treatment of an Adult Skeletal Class III Patient with Surgically Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion and Facemask

Table 1

Cephalometric measurements.

PretreatmentPosttreatment

Skeletal (vertical analysis)
 FH-SN (°)6.44.0
 MP-SN (°)42.439.0
 Sum of angles (Jarabak) (°)402.4399.0
 S-Go/N-Me (%)57.7624
Skeletal (sagittal analysis)
 SNA (°)77.779.3
 SNB (°)78.377.3
 ANB (°)-0.62.0
 Wits appraisal (°)-5.00.6
Dental
 U1-SN (°)99.3107.6
 IMPA (°)85.990.3
 Interincisal angle (U1-L1) (°)132.4123.0
 U1-NA (mm)5.87.4
 L1-NB (mm)5.87.9
Soft tissue
 Upper lip to E-plane (mm)-4.4-2.3
 Lower lip to E-plane (mm)0.4-0.1
 Nasolabial angle (Col-Sn-UL) (°)103.391.1

FH-SN: angle between Frankfurt horizontal line and sella-nasion plane; MP-SN: angle mandibular plane (MP) and sella-nasion plane; S-Go/N-Me: the ratio of length sella-gonion to nasion-menton; SNA: sella-nasion-A point; SNB: sella-nasion-B point; ANB: A point-nasion-B point; U1-SN: upper incisor to sella-nasion plane angle; IMPA: lower incisor to MP angle; interincisal angle: angle between the mandibular and maxillary incisors; U1-NA: distance from upper incisor to NA line; L1-NA: distance from lower incisor to NA line.