Can Condylectomy Alone Achieve Facial Symmetry in Patients With Hemimandibular Hyperplasia (Condylar Hyperplasia Type 2)?

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the 3-dimensional orofacial changes occurring after proportional condylectomy in patients with unilateral condylar hyperplasia type 2 (hemimandibular hyperplasia). Eight patients underwent proportional condylectomy that was not followed by orthognathic surgery or orthodontic treatment for at least 1 year. The precondylectomy and postcondylectomy photographs and radiographs were analyzed cephalometrically and compared.

Computerized three-dimensional design for accurate orienting and dimensioning artificial dental socket for tooth autotransplantation.

Objective: To present an improved, accurate, and efficient method for planning and preparing an artificial socket for autotransplantation, by using a three-dimensional (3D) surgical guide and a replica of the transplanted donor tooth. The guide and the tooth replica were fabricated using a computerized 3D simulation. A case treated with this approach is presented.

Radiographic determination of the position of the maxillary lateral incisor in the cleft alveolus and parameters for assessing its habilitation prospects.

Objective: Develop patient selection criteria and guidelines for the diagnostic work-up for early secondary alveolar bone graft designed to accommodate a lateral incisor in the cleft.

Design: A literature review with clinical examples.

Interventions: For the majority of cleft lip and palate (CLP) patients, the timing of the secondary alveolar bone graft procedure is devised to accommodate the eruption of the maxillary canine.

Relapse after orthodontic correction of maxillary median diastema: a follow-up evaluation of consecutive cases.

An evaluation of 96 treated orthodontic patients with maxillary median diastema ranging from 0.50 mm to 5.62 mm (mean 1.