Stability of maxilla after segmental Le Fort I osteotomy combined with anterior maxilla clockwise rotation in patients with maxillary hypoplasia: a retrospective study. F Song, X Xu, Z Li, et al.

A total of 30 patients were imaged with a NewTom CBCT and 3Shape intraoral scanner. Natural head position was recorded with a 3dMD surface imaging system combined with and a SaiWei laser level. Skeletal, dental, and textured surface morphologies were superimposed based the laser level markers.

Evaluation of the influencing factors on facial development for mouth breathing children: Insights from 3D scanning technology. B Cheng, AS Mohamed, H Li, Y Li, J Liu, L Liu, R Zou, F Wang.

3dMD acquire 3D facial images of 195 children aged 7–12 years. They were divided into 12 groups by age (7–8 years group, 9–10 years group,11–12 years group,), gender, and breathing pattern (mouth breathing MB, nasal breathing NB).

Evaluation of the effect of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio on facial oedema after orthognathic surgery: a 12-month follow-up study. C Varol, Y Fındık, T Baykul.

The results of this study suggest that NLR may serve as a potential biomarker to predict the severity of postoperative facial oedema and may assist clinicians in their decision-making process when managing the postoperative inflammatory response.

Profile line accuracy in cephalometric radiographs. ML Arn, J Opacic, G Kanavakis, D Halazonetis, N Gkantidis.

On average, the lateral cephalometric radiographs might provide an adequate representation of the facial profile, but when individual patients are considered, there is often a clinically significant error. Thus, lateral cephalograms should be used with caution to evaluate the facial soft-tissue profile.