title: [Dental tours de force 5. Bimaxillary transverse distraction osteogenesis].
abstract: A narrow anterior apical base in both jaws can cause pronounced crowding, which can be corrected by extraction therapy (as a rule extraction of four premolars) or by transverse distraction osteogenesis therapy (as a rule bimaxillary), followed by orthodontic treatment. A case is reported of bimaxillary transverse distraction osteogenesis in an eleven-year old female patient. Alignment was performed with fixed orthodontic appliances. Correction of the skeletal Class II relationship was done with a functional appliance. The active treatment time was eighteen months.
authors.affiliation: Dienst Mond-, Kaak- en Aangezichtschirurgie van het Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint Jan AV in Brugge. maurice.mommaerts@azbrugge.be
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Mommaerts
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: vande Vannet
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000601:surgery; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities*; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000379:methods*; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000379:methods*; D014081:Tooth Extraction