title: Unilateral Brodie bite treated with distraction osteogenesis.
abstract: Mandibular widening by distraction osteogenesis has recently been shown to be a very predictable, successful, and stable procedure with limited morbidity. One indication for mandibular widening by distraction osteogenesis is a Brodie bite (scissors or buccal crossbite). This case report demonstrates a technique used to treat a 12-year-old girl with a true unilateral buccal crossbite (no functional shift). It details how distraction osteogenesis can successfully treat unilateral problems with a distractor, a splint, and elastics. Details on this treatment technique have not been previously published.
authors.affiliation: drjohnking@comcast.net
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000473:pathology; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008311:Malocclusion, Angle Class I / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019186:Mandibular Advancement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000379:methods*; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome