Treatment of a severe Class II Division 1 malocclusion combined with surgical miniscrew anchorage.

This article reports the camouflage treatment of a female patient, aged 15 years 2 months, who had a Class II Division 1 malocclusion with severe anterior protrusion and deep incisor overbite. The camouflage treatment plan included bilateral extraction of the maxillary first premolars combined with the use of temporary anchorage devices (TADs) and tension coil springs to retract canines into the extraction spaces and then the 4 incisors. The treatment included use of a mandibular fixed labial arch with minimal use of Class II elastics to correct mild mandibular spacing and level the curve of Spee.

Evaluation of alveolar bone grafting in unilateral cleft lip and palate patients using a computer-aided diagnosis system.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the trabecular bone changes after alveolar bone grafting in unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) patients using a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system.

Materials And Methods: The occlusal radiographs taken from 50 UCLP patients were surveyed retrospectively. The images were categorized as: 50 images in group 0 (before bone grafting), 33 images in group 1 (one month after bone grafting), 24 images in group 2 (2-4 months after bone grafting), 15 images in group 3 (5-7 months after bone grafting), and 21 images in group 4 (8 or more months after bone grafting).

Distraction osteogenesis treatment of maxillary deficiency for cleft patient using internal distraction device: a case report.

A case of severe maxillary hypoplasia in a 21 years old male Thai patient with a complete unilateral cleft of primary and secondary palates treated by internal distraction osteogenesis for maxillary advancement is presented. Initial evaluation showed Class III malocclusion with total crossbite and Class III skeletal malrelationship. Two intraoral distractors were placed following a Le Fort I osteotomy.

Early maxillary arch changes in complete bilateral cleft lip and palate: a report of four cases.

Objective: To evaluate early maxillary arch changes in infants with complete bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP), using a simple measurement technique.

Material And Method: A measurement model technique simplified from previously reported methods was used to analyze early maxillary changes of four non-syndromic complete BCLP. Study models of these cases were evaluated before presurgical orthopedic treatment and lip reconstruction (T1) and prior to palatal closure (T2).

Primary unilateral cleft lip-nose repair: the Tawanchai cleft center's integrated and functional reconstruction.

Background: The challenges of previously described techniques in unilateral cleft lip repairs inadequately address all deformities of the primary palate, the problems of scar and secondary deformities and achievement of optimum outcome.

Objective: To propose the integrated and functional reconstruction of primary unilateral cleft lip-nose repair and to present the preliminary outcome and advantages of this technique.

Material And Method: The integrated concepts and functional reconstruction includes analysis of the deformities, interdisciplinary management and The Tawanchai Center's interdisciplinary protocol for cleft lip and palate care, pre-surgical orthopedic treatments, the integrated primary cleft lip-nose repair and post-operative management.