Cephalometric evaluation of dentoskeletal changes in Class II young patients treated with Jones jig appliances

Abstract

Aim: This research aimed to evaluate dentoskeletal changes in Class II young patients treated with Jones jig appliances. Methods: Thirty patients were evaluated in this study, 15 males and 15 females, Brazilian, natural from Bauru city with average age of 13.63 years. They were characterized by Angle Class II division I and II malocclusions without skeletal compromising. The patients were treated with the Jones jig appliance. The treatment lasted for 0.55 years. It's purpose was the distalization of the first maxillary molars to normal molar relationship. After this movement, the maxillary molars were anchored with Nance button, and extraoral headgear was used to correct the tipping of the distalized molars. Lateral cephalograms were obtained at two observation stages: before treatment, and after distalization, to evaluate dental and skeletal changes induced by the Jones jig appliance. Cephalometric values were submitted to dependent sample Student t test to identify changes between T1 and T2. Results: Based on the obtained results and the applied methodology, significant dental changes were observed, such as distalization, distal tipping, and intrusion of first maxillary molars. Anchorage loss was also observed, characterized by significant extrusion; mesial movement and tipping of the maxillary second premolar; protrusion of the maxillary incisors; and increase of overbite and overjet. Conclusions: It can be concluded that some dental movements promote significant skeletal changes, such as significant extrusion of the second maxillary premolars resulted in clockwise mandibular rotation, increase of the lower anterior face height, and protrusion of the lower lip. Then, it was concluded that the Jones jig appliance promotes basically dental changes.