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ArticleJournal of medicine and life2025

Evaluation of cephalometric changes in Class II malocclusion following expansion vs. extraction orthodontic treatment: a comparative retrospective study.

Nancy Ajwa, Othman AlOthman, Anas Baghareeb, Fatimah Radhi, Ibrahim AlMansour, Reham AlGhamdi, Hanan AlQahtani

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Article in Journal of medicine and life, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Nancy AjwaPreventive Dentistry Department, College of Medicine and Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, KSA.
Othman AlOthmanPrivate Practice, Riyadh, KSA.
Anas BaghareebDepartment of Periodontics & Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Fatimah RadhiCollege of Medicine and Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, KSA.
Ibrahim AlMansourMajmaah University, Riyadh, KSA.
Reham AlGhamdiMinistry of Health, Al-Ahsa, KSA.
Hanan AlQahtaniKing Khalid University, Abha, KSA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study evaluated cephalometric changes in Class II malocclusion patients treated with expansion versus extraction in a Saudi Arabian sample. Data from 90 orthodontic patients meeting strict eligibility criteria were collected from multiple private practices in Saudi Arabia. The sample was divided according to treatment modality: Group 1 consisted of patients treated with four premolar extractions (

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CephalometryMalocclusion, Angle Class IIPalatal Expansion TechniqueTooth ExtractionAdolescentFemaleHumansMaleRetrospective Studiescephalometric analysisClass II malocclusionexpansion groupextraction therapyorthodontic treatmentsoft-tissue profile

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PMID41635457
PMCPMC12863107

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