Immediate postexpansion changes following the use of the transpalatal distractor.

Purpose: This study analyzed the immediate postexpansion positional changes of the maxillary halves resulting from the use of the transpalatal distractor (Surgi-Tec NV, Bruges, Belgium).

Patients And Methods: Corticotomies were performed in the same way as surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion, all from a buccal sulcus approach. Titanium abutment plates with box extension were placed horizontally in the vertical wall of the palatal vault overlying the second premolar root through a mucoperiosteal incision and fixed with titanium screws 5 mm in length.

Craniofacial growth in bilateral cleft lip and palate patients following secondary premaxillary setback.

Data of an experimental group of bilateral cleft lip and palate patients (BCLP) who had undergone premaxillary setback at a mean age of 10.2 years were compared with a control group of standard cephalometric values for the white population, and with cephalometric data of BCLP patients from the Oslo Cleft Lip and Palate Archive who did not have premaxillary setback. Cephalometric lateral skull radiographs were taken at a mean age of 16.

A new technique for rapid splint localisation.

The locking bar is an inherent element of cap splint jaw localisation and fixation technique. The modified method described facilitates relocalisation; potentially reducing operating theatre and technician time.