Table 1 Characteristics of patients
From: Treatment duration and factors associated with the surgery-first approach: a two-center study
Characteristic | N = 66 | |
|---|---|---|
Age | Mean | 23.8 years |
Median | 21 years | |
Gender | Female | 68.2 % |
Male | 21 % | |
Malocclusion | Class I | 13.6 % |
Class II | 9.1 % | |
Class III | 77.3 % | |
Type of surgery | One jaw | 37.9 % |
Two jaw | 62.1 % | |
Vertical pattern | Normofacial | 66.7 % |
Dolicofacial | 30.3 % | |
Brachifacial | 3 % | |
Transverse | Expansion | 9.1 % |
No expansion | 90.9 % | |
Presence of significant asymmetry | No | 62.1 % |
Yes | 37.9 % | |
Use of 3D plan | No | 75.8 % |
Yes | 24.2 % | |
Use of mini plates or mini-implants | No | 74.2 % |
Yes | 25.8 % | |
Performance of genioplasty | No | 56.1 % |
Yes | 43.9 % | |
Center | Colombia | 71.2 % |
USA | 28.8 % | |
Total treatment time | Mean | 10.5 |
Minimum | 2.2 | |
25th percentile | 6.1 | |
Median | 9.6 | |
75th percentile | 13.4 | |
Maximum | 34.8 | |
Number of visits | Mean | 13.8 |
Minimum | 2 | |
25th percentile | 9 | |
Median | 13 | |
75th percentile | 17 | |
Maximum | 43 | |