“…The linear and angular measurements of each segment of the entire dentition are important, 2 but, unfortunately, the oblique cephalogram, introduced by Cartwright and Harvold, 20 can bring only one side of the image into focus and, therefore, can only be used to evaluate the morphological characteristics and orthodontic tooth movement in posterior dentoalveolar segments separately on each side. 21 Orthodontic treatments of growing patients with openbite malocclusion have been conducted with one or more of the following appliances: (1) an edgewise appliance, 2,[12][13][14]22,23 (2) vertical elastics, 1,13,14,23,24 (3) high-pull headgear, 2,12,14,22,23 (4) a high-pull chin cup, 2,24,25 (5) a tongue crib, 1,2,26 (6) a posterior bite block, 25,27 and (7) a functional appliance. 28 In contrast, orthognathic surgery combined with edgewise appliance therapy has become widely accepted for adult patients with a severe skeletal open bite.…”