Early maxillary alignment of unilateral cleft lip and palate using beta-titanium wire.
The aim of this article is to describe early maxillary alignment in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate using a new orthopedic appliance incorporating beta-titanium wire. The new orthopedic appliance was made with acrylic resin and a spring-shaped beta-titanium wire, and the appliance was fixed onto the hard palate with microscrews under general anesthesia for approximately 1 month. At the end of treatment, both the major and minor segments rotated and moved into a suitable maxillary arch form by the special property of shape memory alloy, resulting in alignment of the cleft palate gap and satisfactory reconstruction of the maxillary arch.
Departments of Dentistry, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan. ishii@kanomi-ddsc.or.jp
Nobuyuki
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Ishii
Tomoki
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Oyama
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D001864:Bone Wires; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D003722:Dental Alloys; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008982:Molybdenum; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000295:instrumentation; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014025:Titanium
D000180:Acrylic Resins; D003722:Dental Alloys; C023988:beta titanium; D008982:Molybdenum; D014025:Titanium