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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-18
pubmed:abstractText
Facial asymmetry in hemifacial microsomia can be corrected by an effective procedure of gradual distraction of the mandible. In younger children with deciduous dentition, changes in dental occlusion secondary from mandibular distraction can be easily corrected with orthodontic treatment. In older patients, mandibular elongation through distraction osteogenesis can produce good aesthetics but can create a severe alteration in occlusion requiring complex orthodontic treatment during an extended period. A Le Fort I osteotomy was performed simultaneously with mandibular corticotomy to avoid this problem. We present an 11-year-old patient with grade II hemifacial microsomia with facial asymmetry that was corrected with a combined simultaneous distraction of the maxilla and mandible using a single mandibular distraction device and an interdental splint. Excellent facial symmetry was achieved while maintaining preexisting dental occlusion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1049-2275
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
253-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Bone Wires, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Child, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Dental Occlusion, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Face, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Facial Asymmetry, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Imaging, Three-Dimensional, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Jaw Fixation Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Mandible, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Mandibular Condyle, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Maxilla, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Osteogenesis, Distraction, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Osteotomy, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Osteotomy, Le Fort, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Temporomandibular Joint, pubmed-meshheading:11358099-Tomography, X-Ray Computed
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Combined simultaneous distraction osteogenesis of the maxilla and mandible using a single distraction device in hemifacial microsomia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 73190, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports