Pérez Varela, Juan CarlosIglesias Sánchez, BeatrizLópez Vila, Miriam2019-10-242019-10-242018Pérez Varela JC, Sánchez BI, Vila ML. Skeletal class III malocclusion in an adult patient – orthodontics versus orthognathic surgery: Is there another alternative? APOS Trends Orthod 2018;8:161-72321-4600http://hdl.handle.net/10347/19928Class III malocclusions are considered to be one of the most difficult problems to treat. Due to the significant number of patients with Class III malocclusion who cannot undergo orthognathic surgery for different reasons, we have proposed an alternative treatment that we have called surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARPE) + temporary anchorage devices (TADs) which allows solving mild and moderate Class III malocclusion combined with maxillary compression, obtaining acceptable esthetic and functional results. We present a case report of an adult female with skeletal Class III malocclusion with compression in the maxillary and mandibular asymmetry, who was treated with SARPE + TADs. The result is acceptable in terms of occlusion function, esthetic of the smile, and facial estheticseng© 2018 Licence. This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical termshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Case reportClass III malocclusionMaxillary compressionOrthodonticsSurgically assisted rapid palatal expansion + temporary anchorage devicesjournal article2321-1407open access