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Methods: Fifty-two pseudo-Class III malocclusion patients with a mean age of 8.5 were analyzed and compared with fifty-two untreated patients. Cephalometric evaluations were carried out at baseline (T0) and at the end of treatment. The cephalometric analysis comprised sagittal measurements (SNA, ANB, WITS, CB, ACB), dental variables (UI-PP, LI-MP, OVERJET, OVERBITE), and postural parameters (SNBa and cranio-cervical angle of the maxilla). Within-group comparisons at baseline (T0) and post-treatment (T1) were performed using the paired t-test or the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Inter-group comparisons were based on the differences in variables between the two time points (\u0394T1\u2013T0), using the independent samples t-test or the Mann\u2013Whitney U test. Results: At the end of treatment with the SOCIA appliance, significant improvements were observed in the ANB angle (0.61\u00b0 to 2.06\u00b0, p = 0.001), SNA (81.56\u00b0 to 83.26\u00b0, p = 0.006), WITS appraisal (\u22120.75 mm to 1.24 mm, p = 0.001), ACB angle (9.35 mm to 11.45 mm, p = 0.05), CB (64.78 mm to 65.51 mm, p = 0.03), and SNBa angle (127.57\u00b0 to 129.14\u00b0, p = 0.01), as well as in overjet (0.62 mm to 3.60 mm, p = 0.001) and overbite (0.29 mm to 1.82 mm, p = 0.001). Conclusions: The SOCIA III appliance is effective in correcting pseudo-Class III malocclusion in growing patients by improving skeletal and dentoalveolar relationships.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/dj13090427","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,15]],"date-time":"2025-09-15T16:27:33Z","timestamp":1757953653000},"page":"427","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Skeletal and Dentoalveolar Effects of the SOCIA III Appliance in Patients with Pseudo-Class III Malocclusion"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-4382-5074","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mauro","family":"Lorusso","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dental School of Foggia, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giovanna Jie","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dental School of Foggia, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8646-9824","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michele","family":"Tepedino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, Dental School of L\u2019Aquila, University of L\u2019Aquila, 67100 L\u2019Aquila, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0842-7351","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Angela Pia","family":"Cazzolla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dental School of Foggia, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-1820-899X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fariba","family":"Esperouz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dental School of Foggia, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6127-6105","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lucio Lo","family":"Russo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dental School of Foggia, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3114-6048","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Domenico","family":"Ciavarella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dental School of Foggia, University of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"22","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajodo.2015.04.012","article-title":"Evolution of Class III treatment in orthodontics","volume":"148","author":"Ngan","year":"2015","journal-title":"Am. 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