Change in the Vertical Relation in Class II Deformity with Skeletal Open Bite in the Orthognathic Surgery

Open Journal of Dentistry and Oral Medicine 3(1): 13-20, 2015 http://www.hrpub.org
DOI: 10.13189/ojdom.2015.030103
Change in the Vertical Relation in Class II Deformity with
Skeletal Open Bite in the Orthognathic Surgery
Nezar Watted1,*
, Obaida Awadi2
, Josip Bill3
, Peter Proff4
, Muhamad Abu-Hussein5
1
Arab American University, Jenin, Palestine
2
Center for Dentistry, Research and Aesthetics, Jatt, Israel
3
Clinic for Cranio-maxillo-facial surgery Würzburg, Germany
4
Department of Orthodontics, University of Regensburg, Germany
5
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Athens, Greece
Copyright © 2015 Horizon Research Publishing All rights reserved.
Abstract The continuously growing esthetic awareness
for the facial appearance and the spreading of information
about the possibilities of adult treatment by public media
result in an increase of adult patients seek orthodontic
treatment to improve their facial esthetics. In general, these
patients show such a severe skeletal deformity that it is
detectable even by non-experts because of its extraoral
manifestation, which is the main motivation for treatment.
Because of the nature of these deformities and because of the
lacking growth usable for therapy the only promising
treatment for these patients is the combined
orthodontic-surgical approach. Besides a stable and
functional occlusion with physiologic position of the
condyle, the goals of treatment are the improvement of the
dental and, above all, facial esthetics since the patient judges
the success of treatment mostly by the extraoral appearance.
The dentofacial appearance must be defined prior to
treatment to plan the individual right approach in knowledge
of the different treatment possibilities for Angle Class II
deformities and thus be able to reach both sides –patient and
orthodontist- satisfying result. With this article a systematic
therapy concept to treat patients with Class II deformities
and skeletal open bite with a long lower face (long face
syndrome).
Keywords Cephalometrics, Orthognathic Surgery,
Impaction of the Maxilla, Autorotation of the Mandible,
Positioning of the Condyles, Facial Esthetics
1. Introduction
Pre-surgical orthodontic preparation was uncommon for
patients requiring orthognathic surgery until the 1960’s.
However, as surgical techniques advanced and the number of
patients choosing an orthognathic approach increased, the
patients’ and clinicians’ desire for optimal esthetic and
occlusal results led to the most common current treatment
approach. This approach involves pre-surgical orthodontic
decompensation of the occlusal relationships and attainment
of normal dental alignment. As most orthognathic treatment
is planned now, there are two phases of orthodontic tooth
movement, namely before and after orthognathic surgery.
The disadvantages of having orthodontic interventions both
before and after orthognathic surgery include a long
treatment time and temporary worsening of facial
appearance. Many patients become discouraged.[ 1, 2, 3]
Ever since the first orthognathic surgery procedure was
performed by Hullihen in 1848, many new techniques and
methods have been introduced. The introduction of
orthognathic surgery widened the possibilities for treatment
of severe malocclusions which could not be treated by
orthodontics alone. As shown by Kondo and her colleagues,
the limits of orthodontic treatment alone for severe
malocclusions are broadening, but the underlying skeletal
imbalances remain. Until the 1960’s, orthognathic surgeries
were usually performed without any pre-surgical orthodontic
treatment. In fact, when Hullihen performed the first
mandibular sub-apical osteotomy on a burn victim, he was
able to correct the prognathism but created an edge-to-edge
occlusion anteriorly [ 29 ]
The three stage philosophy of orthognathic surgery was
later adapted and is still valid today in the majority of cases.
These stages involve pre-orthognathic orthodontic treatment
to relieve the dental compensations followed by the
orthognathic surgical procedure and finally post-surgical
orthodontics to finish the case and settle the occlusion.
2. History and Initial Examination
The 21-year-old female patient reported first to the
prosthodontic department for the replacement of lost lower
anteriors because of an accident 6 months prior to the first
consultation. Lower left canine and incisors were missing
and there was an extensive loss of alveolar bone in this

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region. In addition to the total luxation there were crown
fractures in the fourth quadrant. The patient also complained
about pain of the temporomandibular joints when chewing
which initiated before the accident and she felt an esthetic
impairment because of rotated and crowded upper incisors.
The functional analysis showed that because of the
impeded lip closure the mandible is habitually protruded to
make mouthclosure possible. Thus the condyles were
displaced out of their physiologic position ventral and caudal
towards the articular eminence. .[ 31 ]
There was a corresponding functional anterior shift of the
mandible from centric relation to maximum intercuspidation
(habitual occlusion).
3. Diagnosis
The diagnostic records were taken in habitual occlusion as
well as in centric relation (Fig. 1a, b, Fig. 2 a-e, Fig. 4). For
diagnosis and treatment planning the records with centric
relation were taken.
Not only for diagnostic (centric relation) but also for
therapeutic (TMD-symptoms) reasons a flat plane splint was
inserted for 5 weeks which led to an improvement of the
symptoms. In addition, the whole extent of the anterolateral
functional shift (forced bite) was evident, the mandible was
much more dorsal and deviated to the right so that there was
a nonocclusion on the left side.
Figure 1a Figure 1b
Figure 1a, b. Facial and lateral views in centric relation after insertion of
the flat plane splint and prior to orthodontic treatment. A pronounced
deviation of the mandible to the right -laterognathic- and an aggravated lip
closure can be seen (b).
a b
c d
e
Figure 2a-e. Intraoral views in centric relation: distal occlusion on the
right and left side (a, b). Non-occlusion on the left side (c), crowding in the
upper jaw (d) and a reduced number of teeth in the lower jaw with fractures
of the lower right second premolar and second molar (e).
Figure 3. Orthopantomogram (OPG) at the beginning of treatment
Figure 4. Cephalograms in habitual intercuspidation (left) and centric
relation after insertion of a splint (right).
The facial photographs show insufficient mouth- and
lipclosure in the centric relation and the described deviation
of the mandible to the right. The lateral facial picture shows a
posterior divergent face with protruded lip prominence and
compared to the mid-face a long lower face – 57% : 43%
instead of 50%:50% (Fig. 2) .[ 33, 34 ]. The Patient had a
class II deformity with a mandibular midline shift to the right,
a circular open bite and nonocclusion on the left side(Fig.
2a-d). In the upper jaw an arch length discrepancy of 5mm
existed. The lower jaw showed the reduced number of teeth
and the fractures of the lower right second premolar and
second molar as consequence of the accident.
The orthopantomogramm (Fig. 4)shows the bone loss in
the lower front due to the avulsion of the teeth and the wire

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for the temporary prosthodontic replacement of the lost teeth.
Lower right second premolar showed a deep complicated
fracture; clinically a grade III mobility was apparent because
of the loss of the lingual bone and thus had to be extracted. In
addition to the crownfracture of the lower right first molar
had an apical lesion. All third molars were erupted and in the
lower arch partially covered with gingiva. The most hurting
right condyle showed an uneven dent ventral, the left
condyle a deformation. The greater abnormality of the right
condyle might be caused by the medioventral forced bite.
Cephalometric analysis in centric relation elucidates a
vertical and sagittal skeletal as well as soft tissue deformity.
The values indicated a skeletal open bite with mild extraoral
manifestations of a long face syndrome: Distobasal jaw
relation, increased interbase angle (ML-NL= 33°) because of
the posterior rotation of the mandible (ML-NSL= 39°) and
anterior rotation of the upper jaw (NL-NSL = 6°), slightly
reduced ratio of upper to lower facial height (PFH/PFH =
60%) while growth had been balanced. Because of the loss of
lower teeth the dental analysis was reduced to the upper jaw.
The vertical distribution of the soft tissue profile showed a
disharmony of upper to lower face (G´-SN : Sn-Me´ =
43%:57%). This could also be seen in the bony structures
(N-Sna : Sna-Me = 40%:60%). There was also a disharmony
in the lower face (Sn-Stms-Me´ = 30%:70%) .[ 8, 9, 34, 48,
49, 50 ].
These changes in the ratio were not because of an
alteration of the upper lip but more because of a lengthened
lower face (, Table 1).
4. Treatment Plan and Goals
 Stable and functional Class I occlusion with
physiologic position of the condyles
 Optimization of facial esthetics
 Physiologic mouth- and lipclosure
 Optimization of dental esthetics with consideration
of periodontal health
 Fulfill the expectation and gain satisfaction of the
patient
 Stabilize the result
Besides the stated treatment goals it was the special aim to
improve facial esthetics not only in the sagittal but also in the
vertical dimension. This was to be obtained by relatively
shortening the lower face. Shortening of the lower face as
causal therapy with corresponding effects on facial esthetics
and lip function could be established only with a combined
orthodontic-surgical approach [ 37, 48 ]. By solely
orthodontic measures the pursued aims concerning esthetics
and function could not have been reached. The deformity
was too severe for a dentoalveolar compensation. Thus a
bimaxillary osteotomy was planned for surgery. To improve
the vertical dimension an impaction of the maxilla was
necessary which should be greater dorsal than ventral. As
consequence of the impaction the mandible with the
condyles as “centers of rotation” .[ 43 ] was supposed to
autorotate sagittal and vertical; thus a displacement ventral
and at the same time cranial of the pogonion was to be
expected (Fig. 5 a, b) .[ 21, 22, 23, 26, 45, 51 ].For total
correction of the sagittal deformity a surgical advancement
of the mandible was planned because the autorotation of the
mandible was regarded as nonsufficient for the correction of
the distal occlusion.
Figure 5a
Figure 5b
Figure 5. a: Simulation of the surgical impaction of the maxilla and the
reaction of the mandible as described with cranial and simultaneous ventral
autorotation.,b: The autorotation and alteration of the Mndibulaposition
varies with the amount of impaction of the maxilla
5. Treatment
The case was treated according to the Würzburg treatment
concept for orthognathic correction of a skeletal deformity
and consisted of 4 phases .[ 48, 49, 50 ]:
I) Presurgery Measures and Orthodontic Setup
1) “Splint therapy”: A flat plane splint was inserted for 5
weeks to establish a physiologic centric relation of the
condyles for final treatment planning and to reduce the

temporomandibular joint pain. Thus the forced bite could be
diagnosed to its whole extent.[ 10, 11 ]. Diagnostic records
with the wrong position of the condyles (because of the
forced bite) would have led to a wrong diagnosis, treatment
planning and not at last to a treatment with corresponding
consequences for the result .[ 52, 53 ]
2) Orthodontic Preparation: The aim of orthodontic
preparation was to develop the dental arches, to harmonize
them in the three dimensions of space and to eliminate the
dental compensation of the skeletal deformity. Decisive for
the preparation was the protrusion and torquing of the upper
anterioirs not only to eliminate crowding but also with regard
to the following surgery whereby the maxilla is impacted and
rotated posteriorly. This procedure results in a more retruded
position of the anteriors which must be taken into account in
the preparation. Thus the presurgical labial inclination could
be tolerated. For orthodontic preparation a multibracket
appliance (0.022 bracket slot) was used. In the upper arch the
first arch wire was a 0.014 NiTi. The missing teeth in the
lower jaw were replaced with artificial teeth which were
ligated to a 0.016x0.022 inch thermoelastic archwire. Further
arch wires were a 0.018 inch NiTi in the upper arch and
0.018x0.025in NiTi followed by a 0.019x0.025in steel in
both jaws. The presurgery orthodontic phase lasted 7
months.
3) “Splint therapy” to establish the centric relation 3-4
weeks prior to surgery. Aim of this procedure is to register a
physiologic position of the condyle (centric relation) .[52,
53 ]. An inaccurate position of the mandible results in an
incorrect planning of the amount of advancement and with
that in an inevitable relapse.
II) Surgeryto Correct the Skeletal Deformity
6a
6b
Figure 6. LeFort-1 osteotomy of the maxilla
Figure 7. Fixation of the proximal condyle bearing segment in centric
position during surgery to keep three dimensional control of the condyles
After surgery on the casts, determining the amount of
advancement and fabrication of the splints according to the
system used in Würzburg (Four-splint-system: beginning
splint or registering splint, maxilla impaction splint,
mandible autorotation splint, finishing splint) [ 37, 38, 47 ]. a
LeFort-1 osteotomy of the maxilla was performed where the
maxilla was impacted cranial: 4mm dorsal and 2mm ventral
so that a posterior rotation of the whole maxilla resulted.
With the autorotation of the mandible part of the sagittal
deformity could be corrected. The rest of the correction was
achieved by a bilateral sagittal split osteotomy of the ramus
according to Obwegeser-Dal Pont.[ 15, 16, 39, 40, 41 ]. The
surgical advancement was 6mm on the right and 2 mm on the
left side with a side shift of 4.5mm to the left (Fig. 6 a, b).
Fixation of the proximal condyle bearing segment in centric
position during surgery is a standardised procedure in our
Treatment Strategy to keep three dimensional control of the
condyles [ 35, 36, 46, 47 ] (Fig. 7)
III) Postsurgery Orthodontics for Finishing
The earliest possible application of orthodontic forces
after surgery is crucial to their impact. muscular forces are
eliminated which otherwise would counteract tooth
movements.
Thus on the 4th
day after surgery postsurgery orthodontics
were initiated [ 48, 49 ] with insertion of up and down
elastics and for orientation of the muscles to the new position
of the mandible light Class II elastics. This phase lastet 3
months.
IV) Retention
Unwanted side effect from a mandibular advancement is
the readjustment and reorientation of the affected soft-tissue
and muscles and with that their force against the new
position of the mandible. An advancement with transitional
movement of the mandible results in stretching and strain of
soft tissue and the suprahyoid complex. This tension must be
regarded as relapse promoting [ 12, 19, 20, 24, 48, 49 ],
.
Because the amount of advancement was high and the
patient had tense and short muscles of the suprahyoid
complex a physiotherapeutic treatment was prescribed to
support the rehabilitation and reorientation of the muscles to

their new position. To support the muscles in their adaptation
to the new situation a bimaxillary appliance is suggested for
retention- e.g. a bionator. A bionator was fabricated and
inserted on the day of debanding. In addition a suck-down
splint with artificial teeth to replace the lost incisors was
inserted.
2,5 months after completion of orthodontic treatment
prosthodontics were initiated. The patient received fixed
restorations from lower left scond premolar to the right
canine, two blocked crowns for the lower right first and
second molar and an appendix to that block for replacement
of the right second premolar.
V) Result and Discussion
The introral pictures show the final situation after
prosthodontic rehabilitation (Fig. 8a-d). Class-I occlusion on
both sides and harmonising arches could be achieved. The
extraoral pictures show a harmonic division of the face in the
vertical dimension which was accomplished by shortening
the lower face with surgery and a harmonic profile in the
sagittal dimension. Profile of the mouth and lipclosure is
physiologic (Fig. 9a, b).
a b
c d
Figure 8. a-d: Intraoral views after prosthodontics
9a
9b
Figure 9a, b. Extraoral views after treatment; natural mouth closure and
attractive facial appearance
A physiologic distance between maximum
intercuspidation and centric relation could be recorded with
manual functional analysis. There was no more pain of the
temporomandibular joint.
Table 1. Cephalometric analysis Proportions of the soft tissue before and
after treatment
Variable Mean
Pre treatment
(Centric relation)
Post treatment
G`-Sn / G`-Me` 50% 43% 48%
Sn-Me` / G`-Me` 50% 57% 52%
Sn-Stms 33% 30% 33%
Stms-Me 67% 70% 67%
Skeletal analysis: Average values or proportions of skeletal structures before
and after treatment
Variable Mean
Pre treatment
(Centric relation)
Post treatment
SNA (°) 82° 78° 78,5°
SNB (°) 80° 70° 75°
ANB (°) 2° 8° 3,5
WITS-Wert (mm) ± 1 mm 4 mm 1 mm
Facial-K. 2 mm 7,5 mm 2,5 mm
ML-SNL (°) 32° 39° 36°
NL-SNL (°) 9° 6° 8°
ML-NL (°) 23° 33° 28°
Gonion-< (°) 130° 121,5° 125°
SN-Pg (°) 81° 71° 76°
PFH / AFH (%) 63% 60% 64
N-Sna / N-Me (%) 45% 40% 45%
Sna-Me / N-Me
(%)
55% 60% 55%

Dental analysis
Variable Mean
Pre treatment
Centric relation)
Port treatment
1-NL (°) 70 73 70,5
1-NS (°) 77 79,5 79
1-NA mm 4 3,5 5,5
1-NA (°) 22 27° 29°
The cephalograms show the change of the variables (Fig.
10a, b, table 1). Because of the surgical impaction and the
posterior rotation of the maxilla the inclination of the maxilla
was increased by 2°. With that and the following autorotation
of the mandible the interplane angle was reduced by 5°.
Impaction and autorotation resulted in a decreased anterior
face height, which increased the posterior to anterior face
height (PFH:AFH=64%) and thus harmonised this ratio.
Figure 10 a, b. Cephalogram after treatment; there is a harmonisation of
the skeletal (a) and soft tissue (b) structures in the vertical dimension.
The vertical division of the skeletal and soft tissue profile
shows a harmonisation. The ratio of skeletal upper to lower
face is 45%:55%. The disharmony of the lower third of the
face was corrected so that the ratio Sn-Stm : Stm-Me´ equals
1:2 (33%:67%).
Figure 11. Superposition of the cephalograms pre- and posttreatment.
Superimposition of the cephalograms in S-N-S show the
skeletal and soft tissue changes in the sagittal and vertical
dimension (Fig. 11). Is the position of the pogonion in the
sagittal plane checked one can see that the distance between
post treatment and pre treatment is larger than the surgical
advancement of the mandible. This is due to the autorotation
of the mandible after impaction of the maxilla which is
partially responsible for the correction of the distal occlusion
[ 21, 22, 23, 26, 32 ]. The changes in the posterior teeth in the
vertical and partially in the in the sagittal dimension are also
effects of the impaction of the maxilla and autorotation of the
mandible. The panoramic radiograph (Fig 12) after insertion
of prosthodintics show the material of the osteogenesis and
the replacement of teeth in the anterior and posterior
segment.
Figure 12. Orthopantomogramm after treatment
In accordance with the results of Radney&Jacobs [ 42 ]
concerning cranial displacement of the pronasal point,
follow up studies of Collins and Epker 14
and Rosen 43
concerning raising of the tip of the nose with impaction of
the maxilla these effects could also be seen in the presented
case. These results were also confirmed independently by
several authors [ 4-7, 13, 17, 25, 27, 28, 30, 33-42 ], and
especially by De Assis et al. [ 18 ] and Lee et al.[ 33 ].
The patient is clinically symptomless, joint- and chewing
function as well as mobility of the mandible are unlimited.
The Patient was satisfied with the accomplished functional
and esthetic situation after treatment.
6. Conclusions
By means of the systematic treatment approach presented,
class II deformities with a skeletal open bite and long lower
face can be treated with predictable success and without
esthetic compromises. The treatment result shows that it is
necessary to adapt the dentoalveolar Sitation to the skeletal
dysgnathia to end with a satisfactory result with respect to
function, esthetics and stability. It can be concluded that it is
only possible to reach the preset treatment goals with an
exact diagnosis and knowledge of the necessary orthodontic
preparation in combination with the surgical procedure.
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