2024 KAO

Presidential Lecture

Quo Vadis: Orthognathic Surgery or Orthodontic Treatment for Patients with Class III Malocclusion
Seung-Hak Baek
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
  • DDS from School of Dentistry, Seoul National University
  • Intern and resident at Department of Orthodontics, Seoul National University Hospital
  • MSD and PhD from Graduate School, Seoul National University (major in Orthodontics)
  • Professor, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University
Lecture Description
The most important objectives of orthodontic treatment are to obtain pleasing smile and stable occlusion. Although the concept about envelope of discrepancy can give a guideline for deciding surgical and non-surgical camouflage treatment, it is not easy to give a proper differential diagnosis in patients with Class III malocclusion. The three factors that we should consider are as follows: (1) Host factor (Personality, Attractiveness, History of previous treatment and degree of relapse); (2) Anatomical factor (Cephalometric Measurement, Dentoalveolar Housing); and (3) Biomechanics (Distalization of the Mandibular Dentition, open bite, asymmetry). The purposes of this presentation are to explain these factors and to show cases treated with surgical and non-surgical camouflage treatment.