Frontal-View Nasolabial Soft Tissue Alterations After Bimaxillary Orthognathic Surgery in Class Iii Patients; [Nasolabiale Weichteilveranderungen in Frontalansicht Nach Bimaxillarem Orthognatem Eingriff Bei Klasse-Iii-Patienten] Publisher Pubmed



Hemmatpour S¹ ; Kadkhodaei Oliadarani F^{2, 6} ; Hasani A³ ; Rakhshan V^{4, 5}
Source: Journal of Orofacial Orthopedics Published:2016

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of this before–after clinical trial was to evaluate nasolabial soft tissue changes in the frontal plane after bimaxillary surgery. Methods: A total of 20 skeletal Class III Iranian patients needing bimaxillary Le Fort I osteotomy plus mandibular setback surgery were enrolled in this trial. Patients underwent 4.02 ± 1.02 mm of maxillary advancement (Le Fort I osteotomy, 4.33 ± 1.21 mm in men, 3.81 ± 0.86 mm in women) and 7.13 ± 1.74 mm of mandibular setback (intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy, 7.71 ± 2.33 mm in men, and 6.74 ± 1.16 mm in women). Data were acquired via 2D frontal photographs. We compared pretreatment baseline (T1), preoperative postorthodontic treatment (T2), and postoperative (T3) anthropometric measurements using repeated-measures ANOVA and Bonferroni tests (α = 0.05). Result: The 20 patients (12 men, 8 women) were aged 21.85 ± 1.75 years. Between T1 and T2, nasal width, cutaneous upper labial heights increased overall; cutaneous lower labial height decreased (P < 0.05). Between T2 and T3, nasal width, widths of the philtrum and mouth, cutaneous upper-lip height, vermilion height of the lower lip, lateral upper-lip height increased; the upper-lip vermilion height and cutaneous lower lip height decreased (P < 0.05). The changes ranged between 0.5 and 5 mm. Conclusion: The applied orthognathic surgery procedures might widen the alar base and mouth width. It might increase the lateral upper-lip height, vermilion height of the lower lip, and cutaneous and overall upper-lip heights while reducing upper-lip vermilion height and shortening the overall lower-lip height. © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.