Alveolar osseous distraction by the combined use of modified miniplates and an orthodontic appliance. A technical note

Hervé Reychler; Pierrre Mahy; Sami Bou Saba

doi:10.1016/j.jcms.2010.11.009

Alveolar osseous distraction by the combined use of modified miniplates and an orthodontic appliance. A technical note

J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2011 Mar;39(2):124-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2010.11.009. Epub 2010 Dec 30.

Authors

Hervé Reychler¹, Pierrre Mahy, Sami Bou Saba

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, 10, Avenue Hippocrate, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium. herve.reychler@uclouvain.be

PMID: 21194961
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2010.11.009

Abstract

An original alveolar osseous distraction method using a Hyrax orthodontic device connected to two miniplates modified as a skeletal orthodontic anchorage (Bollard™ type) is reported and illustrated by three cases. In all three cases with alveolar bone insufficiency, the alveolar osseous distraction allowed for dental implant positioning and fixed dental prosthetic rehabilitation.

MeSH terms

Bone Plates*
Humans
Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic / instrumentation
Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic / methods*
Orthodontic Anchorage Procedures / instrumentation*
Orthognathic Surgical Procedures / methods
Osteogenesis, Distraction / instrumentation*
Osteogenesis, Distraction / methods
Palatal Expansion Technique / instrumentation*