title: Surgical orthodontic treatment of a severe open bite malocclusion with cleft palate and neuropathy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This case demonstrates an orthodontic and surgical approach to a severe open bite malocclusion with cleft palate and neuropathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pre- and postsurgical orthodontic treatment involved a multi-bracket appliance, Le Fort I osteotomy, and sagittal split mandibular ramus osteotomy. The diagnostic background and the treatment procedures are sequentially presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The combined orthognathic surgery and orthodontic treatment resulted in a significant correction of the occlusion.
authors.affiliation: Nomura Orthodontic Clinic, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. nomura@sb3.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuroda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications*; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000601:surgery*; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D024343:Open Bite / Q000601:surgery*; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort; D010155:Palatal Expansion Technique; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D011378:Prognathism / Q000601:surgery; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques