The Benefits of a Surgery-First Approach in Promoting the Psychological Well-Being of Patients with Skeletal Anomalies and Temporomandibular Disorder.

Medicina (Kaunas) · 2025 · PMC12471709 · PMID 41010988

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The results indicated that only postoperative anxiety (GAD-7) showed a trend toward statistical significance ( p = 0.085), suggesting an increased likelihood of belonging to the Class III malocclusion group with higher anxiety scores (OR = 3.18; 95% CI: 0.85–11.90).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.193not close (p > 0.1)

Although reductions in Class II patients without TMD did not reach statistical significance (Δ = 9, p = 0.193), the effect size suggested a moderate clinical improvement ( Table 5 ).

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However, GAD-7 approached significance in predicting Class III malocclusion, suggesting a possible tendency toward elevated anxiety in this subgroup even postoperatively.

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