Evaluation of Skeletal and Dentoalveolar Changes in Patients With Class II Div 1 Malocclusion Treated With Twin Block Appliance

Objective The study was focused on evaluating the change in mandibular morphology following the Twin Block appliance therapy and recording its effect on the maxilla and maxillary dentoalveolar complex. Also, the results of the Twin Block appliance between males and females were compared. Material and methods In this two-armed retrospective cephalometric study, 30 patients (mean age 12 years) treated with Twin Block appliance for the period of 8-12 months were chosen, and their records were obtained to analyze. These results were compared with 15 control subjects of the same age group chosen from the American Association of Orthodontics Foundation (AAOF) growth legacy collection: Michigan Growth Study Class II subjects. Cephalometric tracing was done, and data was processed for descriptive statistical analysis. Results Paired sample t-test and ANOVA test were performed to evaluate the differences in the pre-treatment (T1) and post-functional (T2) values. angle ANB showed a mean difference of-4.71 degrees +/- 1.55 degrees for males and 6.22 degrees +/- 6.78 degrees for females, which is significant. The mandibular length (Co-Gn), for male subjects, the mean difference was 5.14 +/- 1.74 mm, and for female subjects, it was 6 +/- 2mm, which is highly significant; 49.88% of skeletal changes and 50.12% of dentoalveolar changes were reported to bring about Class II correction with Twin Block. Conclusion A successful increase in mandibular length was achieved using a Twin Block as a functional appliance. Also, the significant maxillary restraining effect was recorded. More skeletal changes were observed in males than females.