title: Patient with Pfeiffer's syndrome treated by midfacial distraction and comprehensive orthodontics.
abstract: Treatment for patients with craniofacial anomalies always presents a great challenge to orthodontists. Treatment usually requires both comprehensive orthodontic treatment and orthognathic surgery. In this article, we report on a patient with Pfeiffer's syndrome treated by midfacial distraction and comprehensive orthodontics.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex., USA.
authors.forename: YongJong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Paul C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Hobar
authors.forename: Douglas P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Sinn
authors.forename: Supakit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peanchitlertkajorn
mesh_terms: D000168:Acrocephalosyndactylia / Q000150:complications*; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D002508:Cephalometry; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D008844:Micrognathism / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction