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Pseudo mandibular prognathism
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True mandibular prognathism
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Easy to treat
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Difficult to treat
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Classification
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Angle Class I
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Angle Class III
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Facial profile
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Relatively good
Concave mid-face
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Protrusive mandible and chin
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Occlusion
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Deep anterior overbite
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Shallow anterior overbite
(open bite)
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Upright upper incisors
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Labially inclined upper incisors
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Labially inclined lower incisors
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Lingually inclined lower incisors
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Normal molar relationship Mesially positioned lower dentition
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Cephalogram
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ANB: Normal or slightly smaller
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Negative
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FMA: Normal or slightly smaller
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Generally large
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Gonial: Normal
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Generally large
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Construction
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bite Able to retrude the mandible
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Unable to retrude the mandible
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Others
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Dento-aleveolar or functional
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Structural
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