title: Changing skeletal pattern by means of osteogenesis distraction: a new therapeutic approach to patients with dysmorphism.
abstract: The correction of class II high-angle open-bite in patients is difficult to achieve by traditional and conventional techniques in occlusal stability and function. The authors propose a new approach to a patient with dysmorphism (class II, short ramus, and open bite) using distraction osteogenesis to change the skeletal pattern of patients with high-angle class II to low-angle class III before undergoing traditional orthognathic surgery. This new approach is based on osteogenesis distraction, emphasizing planning and surgical procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy. massimo.robiony@libero.it
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robiony
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tenani
authors.forename: Tecla
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bocchino
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cengarle
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000601:surgery*; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D057909:Orthognathic Surgery / Q000379:methods; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult