Stability of combined Le Fort I maxillary advancement and mandibular reduction

Arpornmaeklong Premjit; Shand Jocelyn M.; Heggie Andrew A.

doi:10.2478/aoj-2003-0008

Australasian Orthodontic Journal (Nov 2003)

Stability of combined Le Fort I maxillary advancement and mandibular reduction

Arpornmaeklong Premjit,
Shand Jocelyn M.,
Heggie Andrew A.

Affiliations

Arpornmaeklong Premjit: 1MDSc Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit School of Dental Science, University of Melbourne and Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Shand Jocelyn M.: 2BDS, MBBS, FDSRCS Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, University of Melbourne and Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Heggie Andrew A.: 3MDSc, MBBS, FFDRCS, FRACDS(OMS), FACOMS Melbourne Craniofacial Unit Royal Children’s HospitalMelbourneAustralia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2003-0008
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 19, no. 2
pp. 57 – 66

Abstract

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Background: There have been reports that correction of severe Class III abnormality by single jaw surgery may invite relapse in the long-term. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the stability of combined Le Fort I maxillary advancement and bilateral sagittal split osteotomies for mandibular reduction.

Published in Australasian Orthodontic Journal

ISSN: 2207-7480 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://sciendo.com/it/journal/AOJ

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