| Inclusion Criteria | Exclusion Criteria |
|---|---|
| 1. Articles published from January 1954 to October 2015 | 1. Reviews and Meta-analysis |
| 2. RCTs | 2. Case reports/case series |
| 3. Prospective-Retrospective CCTs | 3. Studies on adults |
| 4. Studies on growing patients | 4. Treatment combined with extractions |
| 5. Studies based on lateral cephalograms | 5. Treatment combined with surgery |
| 6. Articles in English | 6. Studies about the relationship between Class III and TMJ disorders |
| 7. Laboratory studies | |
| 8. Commentary/Opinion articles | |
| 9. Abstracts | |
| 10. Articles, whose objective is out of the scope of interest of the present study |