title: Stability after osteotomy of the edentulous maxilla.
abstract: The results after advancement and lowering of the edentulous maxilla after a mean follow-up of 21 months are presented. Eight cases were stabilized with wire osteosyntheses, eight others with miniplates. In contrast to earlier reports considerable variation of the results after a longer follow-up was found, although the means of the whole group do not differ very much from other series. It is concluded that the Le Fort-I operation is more reliable for the augmentation of the edentulous maxilla than onlay grafting. Better results are achieved after stabilization with miniplates than with wiring.
authors: Dept. of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors: H P
authors: HP
authors: Freihofer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001860:Bone Plates; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D001864:Bone Wires; D002508:Cephalometry; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008437:Maxilla / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014727:Vestibuloplasty