International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Clinical Paper
Orthognathic SurgeryEffect of orthognathic surgery for class III correction on quality of life as measured by SF-36
Orthognathic Surgery
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Patients
The sample included 29 patients ranging in age from 17 to 46 years, with Angle's class III malocclusion and indication for surgical treatment, who had received orthodontic preparation for a period of 1 year to 1 year and 6 months. The patients were selected consecutively, and observed the following inclusion criteria: patients with Angle's class III malocclusion, with negative overjet ≥4 mm.
After orthodontic preparation, the patients underwent orthognathic surgery. Every patient was evaluated by
Results
Of the eight domains evaluated by the SF-36, four were significant statistically and are presented here: vitality, and emotional, physical and social aspects. The vitality domain presented a statistically significant outcome for the gender factor, regardless of the time of evaluation and type of surgery, with a difference between females and males (P = 0.047). The mean scores, which were higher for males than for females, are shown in Table 1. Regarding emotional aspects, an interaction effect
Discussion
Most of the patients who participated in the study ranged in age from 17 to 22 years, and therefore most of them were unmarried (86%). In a literature review1, emphasized that the number of patients who require and wish to undergo this type of surgery has increased and that the patients are becoming increasingly younger, a fact observed in the present sample.
In the present study, the patients required surgical treatment for the correction of dentofacial deformities, which consisted of
Acknowledgements
We thank the Professor Ivan Balducci for carrying out the statistical analyses.
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