Mitchell: An Introduction to Orthodontics 3e 
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Chapter 11
Class III
Battagel, J. M. (1993). Discriminant analysis: a model for the prediction of relapse in Class III children treated orthodontically by a non-extraction technique. European Journal of Orthodontics, 15, 199-209. [PubMed 8339761]
Battagel, J. M. (1993). The aetiological factors in Class III malocclusion. European Journal of Orthodontics, 15, 347-70. [PubMed 8223970]
Battagel, J. M. and Orton, H. S. (1993). Class III malocclusion: the postretention findings following a non-extraction treatment approach. European Journal of Orthodontics, 15, 45-55. [PubMed 8436196]
Bryant, P. M. F. (1981). Mandibular rotation and Class III malocclusion. British Journal of Orthodontics, 8, 61-75. [PubMed 6942886]
This paper is worth reading for the introduction alone, which contains a very good discussion of growth rotations. The study itself looks at the effect of growth rotations and treatment upon Class III malocclusions.Dibbets, J. M. (1996). Morphological differences between the Angle classes. European Journal of Orthodontics, 18, 111-18. [PubMed 8670923] [DOI: 10.1093/ejo%2F18.2.111]
Gravely, J. F. (1984). A study of the mandibular closure path in Angle Class III relationship. British Journal of Orthodontics, 11, 85-91. [PubMed 6587912]
A very readable and clever article which examines the displacement element of Class III malocclusions.Kerr, W. J. S. and Tenhave, T. R. (1988). A comparison of three appliance systems in the treatment of Class III malocclusion. European Journal of Orthodontics, 10, 203-14. [PubMed 3181299]
Kerr, W. J. S., Miller, S., and Dawber, J. E. (1992). Class III malocclusion: surgery or orthodontics? British Journal of Orthodontics, 19, 21-4. [PubMed 1562575]
An interesting study which compares the pre-treatment lateral cephalometric radiographs of two groups of Class III cases treated by either surgery or orthodontics alone. The authors report the thresholds for three cephalometric values which would indicate when surgery is required.Kim, J. H. et al. (1999). The effectiveness of protraction face mask therapy: a meta-analysis. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 115, 675-85. [PubMed 10358251] [DOI: 10.1016/S0889-5406%2899%2970294-5]
Turley, P. K. (2002). Managing the developing Class III malocclusion with palatal expansion and facemask therapy. American Journal of Orthodontic and Dentofacial Orthopedics, 122, 349-52. [DOI: 10.1067/mod.2002.127295]
A useful review article which also considers treatment timing, stability and whether concurrent expansion is beneficial.
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