The propellant unilateral magnetic appliance (PUMA): a new technique for hemifacial microsomia.
A new appliance with samarium cobalt magnets embedded in unilateral blocks of acrylic is described, as a way of stimulating an autogenous costochondral graft, in a case with hemifacial microsomia. Laser scan images are used to illustrate a reversion towards facial soft tissue symmetry, over a 3-year period of treatment.
Orthodontic Department, Essex County Hospital, Colchester, London, UK.
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D000180:Acrylic Resins; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003035:Cobalt; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007834:Lasers; D008280:Magnetics; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000503:physiopathology; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design; D009967:Orthodontic Appliances; D012493:Samarium; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D003035:Cobalt; D012493:Samarium