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Methods: Participants were treated at Erciyes University with fixed functional appliances and categorized by CBA into low (&lt;130\u00b0), medium (130\u00b0\u2013134\u00b0), and high (&gt;134\u00b0) groups. A total of 39 patients were included: 13 in the low CBA group (7 males, 6 females; mean age 14.62 \u00b1 1.12 years), 13 in the medium CBA group (3 males, 9 females; mean age 14.38 \u00b1 0.96 years), and 13 in the high CBA group (4 males, 9 females; mean age 14.08 \u00b1 1.04 years). Results: In the low CBA group, Ar-Go-N (p = 0.005) and SNA (p = 0.023) angles significantly decreased, while the ANB angle and Wits appraisal significantly decreased across all groups (p &lt; 0.05). The high CBA group showed increases in ANS-Me, N-Me, N-ANS, and N-Gn lengths (p &lt; 0.05). The medium and high CBA groups had significant increases in S-Go and ANS-Gn lengths, while Co-Gn length increased significantly in the low and high CBA groups (p &lt; 0.05). Incisor measurements (IMPA, L1-APog, L1\/NB, L1-NB) increased in all groups, with overjet and overbite reduced (p &lt; 0.05). U1\/PP (p = 0.039), U1\/SN (p = 0.043), U1-NA (p = 0.030), and U1\/NA (p = 0.025) parameters increased in the low CBA group, with the Upper Lip\u2013E distance decreasing significantly in the low and high CBA groups (p &lt; 0.05). A comparison between groups showed significant differences in U1\/PP, U1-NA, and U1\/NA parameters, which increased in the low and medium CBA groups but decreased in the high CBA group. Conclusions: CBA influences treatment outcomes. The low CBA group experienced decreases in Ar-Go-N and SNA angles, while the high CBA group showed increases in certain vertical facial dimensions. 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