TY - JOUR
T1 - Anterior mandibular apical base augmentation in the surgical orthodontic treatment of mandibular retrusion
AU - Brusati, Roberto
AU - Giannì, Aldo B.
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - The authors describe a surgical technique alternative to traditional pre-surgical orthodontics in order to increase the apical base in mandibular retrusion (class II, division I). This subapical osteotomy, optimizing inferior incisal axis without dental extractions and a long orthodontic treatment, associated to genioplasty permits to obtain an ideal labio-dento-mental morphology. This procedure avoids in some cases the need of a mandibular advancement and, if necessary, it reduces his entity with obvious advantages.
AB - The authors describe a surgical technique alternative to traditional pre-surgical orthodontics in order to increase the apical base in mandibular retrusion (class II, division I). This subapical osteotomy, optimizing inferior incisal axis without dental extractions and a long orthodontic treatment, associated to genioplasty permits to obtain an ideal labio-dento-mental morphology. This procedure avoids in some cases the need of a mandibular advancement and, if necessary, it reduces his entity with obvious advantages.
KW - Dento-alveolar osteotomy
KW - Mandibular apical base
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijom.2005.06.018
DO - 10.1016/j.ijom.2005.06.018
M3 - Article
C2 - 16257355
AN - SCOPUS:27844601551
SN - 0901-5027
VL - 34
SP - 846
EP - 850
JO - International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
JF - International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
IS - 8
ER -