Treatment of class 2 malocclusion by corrective osteotomy using two short locking compression plates.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe a symphyseal osteotomy stabilised with two short locking compression plates (LCPs) for treatment of class 2 malocclusions.

Study design

Case series.

Methods

Five horses (age range 8 months to 5¾ years) with overjets and/or overbites ranging from 6 to 32 mm and from 0 to 60 mm, respectively, were treated by osteotomy through the caudal third of the mandibular symphysis, cranial to the interdental space. After cranial distraction and ventral rotation of the rostral part of the mandible, two short (5/6 hole), bent 3.5 mm LCPs were applied ventro-laterally and secured with two or three locking screws on each side of the osteotomy. In one case, the osteotomy gap was filled with bone marrow.

Results

Final outcome was good to excellent. Two cases

SUBMITTER: Spoormakers TJP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6587732 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature