[Mandibular constriction: managing the skeletal transversal discrepancies].
Surgical management of transversal discrepancies is a special field of orthognathic surgery. Long-term stability is often challenging despite the various available surgical techniques. We present herein a little known surgical technique for discrepancy correction: mandibular constriction. The surgical technique is described and its indications are discussed.
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Service de chirurgie maxillofaciale, centre hospitalier Lyon-Sud, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69495 Pierre-Bénite cedex, France. pierre.bouletreau@chu-lyon.fr
D001860:Bone Plates; D002680:Chin / Q000601:surgery; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000601:surgery*; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods