Treatment of Facial Asymmetry Using Distraction Osteogenesis in a Mandible First Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Facial asymmetry includes several etiologies, among them trauma to the condylar area during early childhood and congenital malformations such as hemifacial microsomia. This article describes the management of facial asymmetry in adolescents and young adults using a mandible first approach by distraction osteogenesis, followed by maxillary Le-Fort I as a second stage.

Methods

Eighteen patients 14-25 years of age presented with unilateral hypoplasia of the jaws which manifested clinically by deviation of the chin and canting of the occlusal plane. Etiology included hemifacial microsomia and trauma injuries at early childhood.All patients underwent orthodontic treatment and two phases of surgical treatment. Surgical treatment included unilateral mandibular distractio

SUBMITTER: Rachmiel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10511035 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature