Maxillary transverse deficiency is one of the most common deformities among occlusal discrepancies. Typical surgical methods are segmental Le Fort I osteotomy and surgically-assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME). This patient underwent a parasagittal split with a Le Fort I osteotomy to correct transverse maxillary deficiency. During follow-up, early transverse relapse occurred and rapid ma...

Although the osteotome is positioned in close vicinity to the maxillary artery and its branches during ptergomaxillary separation in a Le Fort I osteotomy, postoperative complications from vascular injuries are rare. The following report describes an unusual occurrence of a maxillary artery pseudoaneurysm following a Le Fort I and bilateral sagittal-split osteotomies for correction of mandibula...

The treatment of deformities of the nasal septum and the hypertrophy of the turbinates is necessary because in many of these cases the deformity is of exclusive respiratory cause, in which case the patient will be submitted to maxillary impaction to correct this vertical skeletal growth pattern. When impacting the maxilla, it is a fact that the nasal cavity will be diminished, because when the ...

BACKGROUND The Le Fort I osteotomy is one of the most widely used and useful procedure to correct the dentofacial deformities of the midface. The changes of the maxilla position affect to overlying soft tissue including the nasal structure. Postoperative nasal septum deviation is a rare and unpredicted outcome after the surgery. There are only a few reports reporting the management of this comp...

This study evaluated photodensitometry as a noninvasive method for quantitating bone mineral content (BMC) and osseous repair after Le Fort I osteotomy. Le Fort I osteotomies were performed on 6 Macaca fasicularis monkeys; maxillas were either advanced (Group I, n = 3) or impacted and advanced (Group II, n = 3). Postoperative, standardized lateral cephalometric films were taken at weekly interv...

The treatment of deformities of the nasal septum and the hypertrophy of the turbinates is necessary because in many of these cases the deformity is of exclusive respiratory cause, in which case the patient will be submitted to maxillary impaction to correct this vertical skeletal growth pattern. When impacting the maxilla, it is a fact that the nasal cavity will be diminished, because when the ...

The treatment of deformities of the nasal septum and the hypertrophy of the turbinates is necessary because in many of these cases the deformity is of exclusive respiratory cause, in which case the patient will be submitted to maxillary impaction to correct this vertical skeletal growth pattern. When impacting the maxilla, it is a fact that the nasal cavity will be diminished, because when the ...

CONTEXT Le Fort 1 maxillary osteotomy in operated patients of cleft lip and cleft palate (CLCP). AIMS To study stability of Le Fort 1 maxillary osteotomy in operated patients of CLCP by two-dimensional evaluation using cephalometric analysis. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Prospective study conducted at Army Dental Centre (Research and Referral) from May 2009-May 2012. MATERIALS AND METHODS Subjects...