Effect of orthodontic treatment on facial soft tissue in female adult / 中华口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

In recent years, more and more female adult patients complained the aesthetic problems such as the decline of face fullness during the treatment. In the course of 2-3 years of orthodontic treatment, the age-related change of the facial bone structure in the adult is limited, and therefore, the shape change mainly depends on the change of the soft tissue. In this paper, the factors such as age-increasing factors, the structural factors of the face,the width of the arch and the change of the occlusal height were analyzed to explore the changes of facial soft tissue and related factors in the treatment with a view to providing a reference for clinical application.