Condylar form alteration on skeletal class II patients that underwent orthognathic surgery: An overview of systematic reviews

BACKGROUND: Bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO) is commonly considered as the surgical technique of election for the treatment of skeletal class II with mandibular hypoplasia. After orthognathic surgery, condylar resorption can occur as a surgical relapse, which may affect the temporomandibular joint. Objective: This study aimed to summarise published systematic review that assess if orthognathic surgery with mandibular advancement performed on skeletal class II patients results in condylar form alteration. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A literature search was performed using the electronic databases PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Embase along with several sources of grey literature. Selection Criteria: Inclusion criteria were systematic reviews published until December 2019, of skeletal class II patients aged more than 18 years old that underwent BSSO with mandibular advancement surgery. Data collection: The electronic search identified 37 publications. Four publications fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were included in this meta-analysis. Qualitative assessment of the selected studies was performed using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews – AMSTAR 2 checklist. RESULTS: Four systematic reviews were included in this review. Despite its low incidence all studies reported condylar resorption. However, there were methodological limitations in all assessed articles. CONCLUSIONS: The alteration of the condylar form may be a consequence of BSSO with mandibular advancement surgery. Additional high quality prospective research assisted by 3D-imaging technology is needed to allow more definite conclusions. Key words:Evidence-based orthodontics, TMJ, Class II, mandibular advancement, malocclusion, Angle class II.