The Third Finger Middle Phalanx Maturation (MPM) Method to Assess Timing of Functional Treatment for Skeletal Class II Malocclusion: Report of Three Cases

Table 1

Cephalometric data of Case 1.

Parameter	Pretreatment	Posttreatment	Follow-up
Age	12 yrs, 6 mos	13 yrs, 10 mos	15 yrs, 4 mos
SNA angle	79.1°	78.9°	79.2°
SNB angle	72.8°	76.7°	77.3°
A to Nasion perp.	-2.8 mm	-2.7 mm	-2.8 mm
Pog to Nasion perp.	-12.6 mm	-7.2 mm	-6.2
ANB angle	6.3°	2.2°	1.9°
Wits appraisal	10.5 mm	1.6 mm	2.0 mm
Palatal plane to FH	4.7°	4.3°	3.9°
SN to GoGn	28.5°	31.0°	28.3°
Co-Gn distance	104.1 mm	112.0 mm	113.7 mm
Co-Go-Me angle	122.1°	123.7°	122.1°
+1 to Palatal plane	127.5°	117.3°	118.7°
-1 to mandibular plane	98.1°	96.6°	95.4°