title: Use of an alveolar distraction device for repositioning the maxillary segment to correct asymmetry of the maxillomandibular complex.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Reconstructive Surgery, Kyusyu Dental College, Kitakyusyu Fukuoka, Japan. k-yama@kyu-dent.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanno
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ariyoshi
authors.forename: Katsuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Funaki
authors.forename: Tetsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000601:surgery; D001860:Bone Plates; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015050:Zygoma / Q000601:surgery