Alternate rapid maxillary expansion-constriction and tooth-borne symphyseal distraction osteogenesis A case report demonstrating treatment of a patient with severe crowding

GÖKALP H.

JOURNAL OF OROFACIAL ORTHOPEDICS-FORTSCHRITTE DER KIEFERORTHOPADIE, vol.77, no.3, pp.203-213, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 77 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00056-016-0025-5
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF OROFACIAL ORTHOPEDICS-FORTSCHRITTE DER KIEFERORTHOPADIE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.203-213
  • Keywords: Osteogenesis, Crowding, Orthodontics, Osteotomy, Tooth movement, PALATAL EXPANSION, APPLIANCES, STABILITY, MOVEMENT, BONE
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Surgically assisted rapid mandibular expansion is a contemporary treatment alternative to enable genuine skeletal mandibular widening. Mandibular widening via a tooth-borne distractor is a practical and noninvasive clinical approach. Recently, to expand and protract the maxilla, the alternate rapid maxillary expansion-and-constriction procedure was suggested. In this case report, we describe a female patient (12 years 7 months old) having severe maxillary and mandibular crowding who underwent repeated alternate rapid maxillary expansion and constriction in combination with tooth-borne symphyseal distraction osteogenesis.