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Change in lip closing force in Classes II and III malocclusion before and after sagittal split ramus osteotomy with
Takamitsu Tsutsui1, Kunio Yoshizawa1, Akinori Moroi1
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, (Head: Prof. Dr. K Ueki), Division of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Graduate School, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo-shi, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to examine lip closing force in Class II and III patients before and after orthognathic surgery.
Subject And Methods:
The subjects were 45 patients (15 Class II women, 15 Class III men and 15 Class III women) diagnosed with jaw deformity who underwent sagittal split ramus osteotomy with Le Fort I osteotomy and 30 controls with normal skeleton and occlusion (15 men, 15 women). Maximum and minimum lip closing forces were measured using Lip De Cum® before and after surgery, and compared statistically.
Results:
In the Class II women, maximum and minimum lip closing forces did not change after surgery. However, maximum and minimum lip pressure increased significantly in the Class III men (P = 0.0116, P = 0.0295) and maximum lip closing force increased significantly in the Class III women (P = 0.0082). After 6 months, maximum lip closing force was significantly lower in both Classes II and III women than in the control women (P = 0.0002, P = 0.0045).
Conclusions:
This study suggested that maximum postoperative lip pressure did not improve in the Class II women, although maximum lip closing force increased in the Class III men and women after sagittal split ramus osteotomy with Le Fort I osteotomy.
