Treatment of Normal Partially Edentulous and Skeletal Class 3 Partially Edentulous Patients Using Dental Implants and Orthognathic Surgery, Respectively.

Abstract

Background: This study was conducted to assess that Treatment of normal partially edentulous and skeletal class 3 partially edentulous patients using dental implants and orthognathic surgery, respectively.

Material and methods: In this study, overall 100 patients with partially edentulous maxillary and mandibular arches were examined. It was found out that 50 subjects had normal skeletal form whereas the other 50 subjects had skeletal class 3 malocclusion. Hence, the subjects were divided into two groups of 50 each. The first group comprised subjects with normal skeletal form along with partially edentulous arches and the second group comprised of subjects having skeletal class 3 malocclusion along with partially edentulous arches. The main goal was the treatment plan for subjects of both the groups.

Results: In this study, the subjects were divided into 2 groups of 50 subjects each. The first group comprised subjects with normal skeletal form along with partially edentulous arches and the second group comprised of subjects having skeletal class 3 malocclusion along with partially edentulous arches. The subjects in first group were planned for dental implants whereas the subjects in the second group were planned for orthognathic surgery. Nerve injury was the most common complication of orthognathic surgery observed in 3 subjects. Total 7 complications were observed in subjects undergoing orthognathic surgery. Infection was the most common complication in subjects receiving dental implants, seen in 5 subjects. Total 11 complications were witnessed in subjects receiving dental implants. It was found that the success rate of dental implants was 78% (39/50) and the success rate of orthognathic surgery was 86% (43/50).