title: Face mask therapy and conventional orthodontic treatment for anterior crossbite with cleft lip and palate: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To demonstrate a conventional orthodontic approach to anterior crossbite with unilateral cleft lip and palate.
  
  
  METHODS
  Initially, maxillary expansion and face mask therapy was provided to widen the maxilla and improve the sagittal skeletal relation. Bone grafting to the maxillary left alveolar cleft then was performed, prior to treatment with a multibracket appliance. A multibracket appliance and intermaxillary elastics were used to align the dentition and establish a Class I relationship.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The combined orthodontic treatment of maxillary expansion, face mask therapy, bone grafting, and tooth alignment with a multibracket appliance resulted in a stable occlusion. The mandibular growth appeared after face mask therapy in adolescence; however, positive overjet and overbite were maintained throughout the retention phase.
authors: Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Nippon Dental University Hospital, 2-3-16 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8158, Japan. marie-aloha.916@k9.dion.ne.jp
authors: Marie
authors: M
authors: Komatsu
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Komori
authors: Norie
authors: N
authors: Koike
authors: Rizako
authors: R
authors: Nakahara
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005115:Extraoral Traction Appliances; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008437:Maxilla / Q000002:abnormalities; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D010155:Palatal Expansion Technique; D063173:Retrognathia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*