Abstract:
Objective: of this study was to evaluate the attractiveness of Class III patients profile treated surgically and compensatorily with Biofunctional prescription. Methods: The sample consisted of patient profile photo with malocclusion Class III of 79 individuals. The sample was divided into 2 groups. Group 1 patients treated with orthognathic surgery. 35 pictures before and 35 pictures after were selected. Group 2 patients treated with biofunctional device. 44 pictures before and 44 after treatment were selected. The images are displayed sequentially numbered from 1 to 158. The evaluation attractiveness of the profile was performed through a link on the Internet. Orthodontists (41) evaluated the silhouettes according to their personal criteria, assigning scores from 1 to 10. Results: There were significant differences between the 2 groups in the initial phase, 13 and the surgical group had a significantly less attractive profile than biofunctional group. The initial phase and the final phase for both surgical and biofunctional groups, there was a statistically significant improvement in the attractiveness of the profile with both the treatments. Surgical treatment compared to treatment with Biofunctional prescription showed a statistically greater improvement. At the end of treatment, there was also a statistically significant difference between the 2 groups, indicating that the Biofunctional group had a higher attractiveness of the profile at this stage. Conclusion: The profile of surgical patients was less attractive in the beginning and end of treatment, compared to patients treated with Biofunctional prescription. However, surgical patients showed a greater improvement in the attractiveness profile with treatment than patients from the Biofunctional group.
