Assessment of Maxillary Stability in Bimaxillary Orthognathic Patients Using the Inverted Sequence Approach

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Class III Malocclusion

Treatments: Procedure: the maxilla first; Procedure: the mandible first

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03353116

CEBD-CU-2017-11-16

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigator will assess the inverted sequence approach in the treatment of class III patient undergoing bimaxillary orthognathic surgery

Full description

The investigator will compare the maxillary stability in class III orthognathic patients undergoing bimaxillary surgery by two surgical approaches ; the mandible-first (intervention) and the maxilla-first (control)

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients with skeletal class III malocclusion requiring bimaxillary orthognathic surgery
2. Patients free from any systemic disease
3. Patients who approved to be included in the trial and signed the informed consent
4. Patients with no signs or symptoms of temporomandibular disorders.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with cleft lip and palate "can have an unfavorable effect on facial growth (LARRY M. WOLFORD, 2002)"
2. Patients receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy "due to the risk of low bone quality and healing (JW, 2003) "
3. Patients who refused to be included in the trial

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

maxilla first group

Active Comparator group

Description:

the maxillary osteotomy is going to be done and fixed first

Treatment:

Procedure: the maxilla first

mandible first group

Experimental group

Description:

the mandibular osteotomy is going to be done and fixed first

Treatment:

Procedure: the mandible first