title: Vector alignment in maxillary distraction osteogenesis.
abstract: Maxillary distraction osteogenesis is an alternative treatment of cleft patients with severe maxillary hypoplasia. The aim of this paper is to present the combined surgical/orthodontic treatment of a cleft lip and palate patient and to evaluate the maxillary distraction procedure and the distraction vector in high Le Fort I osteotomy.
authors.affiliation: Baskent University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ankara, Turkey. suckan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uckan
authors.forename: Ayca
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arman
authors.forename: Burak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bayram
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Celik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*