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Review
. 2023 Sep 10;10(9):1071.
doi: 10.3390/bioengineering10091071.

Orthognathic Surgery and Relapse: A Systematic Review

Angelo Michele Inchingolo  1 , Assunta Patano  1 , Fabio Piras  1 , Elisabetta de Ruvo  1 , Laura Ferrante  1 , Angela Di Noia  1 , Leonardo Dongiovanni  1 , Andrea Palermo  2 , Francesco Inchingolo  1 , Alessio Danilo Inchingolo  1 , Gianna Dipalma  1
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Orthognathic Surgery and Relapse: A Systematic Review

Angelo Michele Inchingolo et al. Bioengineering (Basel). .

Abstract

Background: This review aimed to analyze the relapse in orthognathic surgery.

Methods: PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were used to find papers that matched our topic dating from 1 January 2012 up to November 2022. Inclusion criteria were (1) human studies, (2) open access studies, (3) studies concerning the correlation between orthognathic surgery and relapse. Exclusion criteria were: (1) in vitro or animal studies, (2) off-topic studies, (3) reviews, (4) other languages than English.

Results: A total of 482 results were obtained resulting in 323 publications after duplicate removal (158). After screening and eligibility phases 247 records were excluded: 47 reviews, 5 in animals, 35 in vitro, 180 off-topic. The authors successfully retrieved the remaining 78 papers and evaluated their eligibility. A total of 14 studies from these were ultimately included in the review.

Conclusion: Using cephalometric examinations and digital study models, these studies reveal that the relapse after orthognathic surgery is an event that occurs in most of the cases. The limitation of our research is that most of the studies are retrospective and use small sample sizes. A future research goal should be to conduct long-term clinical trials with larger numbers of samples.

Keywords: class III skeletal; malocclusions; orthognathic surgery; prognathic mandible; recurrence; relapse.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Orthognathic Surgery. Correction of a Class III malocclusion.
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Orthognathic Surgery. Correction of a severe skeletal Class II malocclusion.
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