Relationship between bite force, occlusal contact area, and three-dimensional facial soft tissue in dentofacial deformities.
Joana Carolina Martins SimõesDenny Marcos GarciaFrancisco Veríssimo De Mello-FilhoClaudia Maria De FelícioLuciana Vitaliano Voi TrawitzkiPublished in: CoDAS (2024)
The presence of DFD affected 3D measurements of facial soft tissue, causing variations beyond normal limits, lower MBF, and occlusal contact area in both Class II and Class III DFD patients. The vertical dimension might have influenced the lower MBF magnitude in the studied skeletal deformities.