MAXILLARY ARCH DIMENSIONS CHANGES AFTER CORTICOTOMY ASSISTED SLOW MAXILLARY EXPANSION

Maxillary protraction after surgically assisted maxillary expansion

This case report describes the orthodontic treatment of a 32-year-old woman with a Class III malocclusion, whose chief compliant was her dentofacial esthetics. The pretreatment lateral cephalometric tracings showed the presence of a Class III dentoskeletal malocclusion with components of maxillary deficiency. After discussion with the patient, the treatment option included surgically assisted r...

Bone contribution in corticotomy-assisted rapid maxillary expansion.

The October editorial on Dr Edgar R. R. Parker evoked memories of our dental history course at McGill University in Montreal (Behrents RG. Dr Edgar R. R. Parker: his time and now. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2015;148: 521-4). “Painless” Parker did some remarkable things right here in Montreal, Canada. On St. Catherine Street, a main thoroughfare in Montreal, he had a tightrope wire installed...

Comparison of dental arch and arch perimeter changes between bonded rapid and slow maxillary expansion procedures.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the dental effects of bonded rapid maxillary expansion (RME) and bonded slow maxillary expansion (SME) treatment methods. Subjects with a maxillary bilateral crossbite were selected and two treatment groups each with 12 patients were constructed. At the beginning of treatment, the average chronological ages were 11.96 years for the RME group...

ically-assisted maxillary expansion

A combined surgical and orthodontic technique for management of transverse maxillary deficiencies in mature patients is described and discussed. Special references are made to the surgical release of several circummaxillary articulations to facilitate the use of a fixed expansion device, and to the authors’ addition of an osteotomy below the nasal spine, to ensure that the nasal septum remains ...

Surgically Assisted Maxillary Expansion