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J Korean Dent Assoc. 2009;47(10):656-668. Published online October 31, 2009.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22974/jkda.2009.47.10.004
- 자가결찰 브라켓과 골신장술을 이용한 구순구개열 환자의 치험례
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문철현1, 박선규2
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1가천의과대 길치과병원 교정과
2가지런한 S 교정치과 -
- Cleft lip and palate patient treatment using self-ligating bracket and distraction osteogenesis: A case report
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Cheol-Hyun Moon1, Sun-Kyu Park2
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1Gachon University, Dental Hospital Department of Orthodontics
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- Abstract
- It is difficult to perform orthodontic treatment for cleft lip and palate patient. Although there are many orthodontic appliances to expand narrowed maxillary arch, results are rarely successful and the possibility of relapse is increased due to severe scars. Self-ligating bracket, recently used in orthodontic treatment, suggests solution of crowding by expansion of dental arches. Light and continuous force could apply for orthodontic movement due to characteristic low friction of self ligating bracket, which gives expansion force until dentition reaches its new equilibrium position and it can be expressed as spontaneous lateral expansion with heavy labial tension. This kind of expansion force is thought to be a possibility of expanding the constricted maxillary arch of cleft lip and palate patient. Repositioning of the maxilla by Le Fort I osteotomy in case of severe maxillary deficiency, increases the possibility of relapse because of limitation in anterior movement and adaptation of soft tissue. In these cases, distraction osteogenesis(DO) can be applied for stable result. We report a case of cleft lip and palate patient with narrowed maxillary arch and maxillary deficiency using self ligating bracket and DO.
Keywords :cleft lip and palate;distraction osteogenesis;self-ligating bracket;
