title: Splintless surgery: does patient-specific CAD-CAM osteosynthesis improve accuracy of Le Fort I osteotomy?
abstract: To analyse the accuracy of maxillary positioning after Le Fort I osteotomy, we retrospectively assessed the outcome in three patients (mean (range) age 40 (21 - 60) years) who had been treated with patient-specific CAD-CAM osteosynthesis plates as part of a bimaxillary osteotomy. Virtual surgical planning in each case was based on cone-beam computed tomography (CT) (Simplant® O&O, Dentsply Implants NV, Kessel-Lo, Belgium), and patient-specific CAD-CAM drilling guides and osteosynthesis plates were produced for maxillary positioning and fixation. We evaluated the accuracy of the placement by virtual comparison of the preoperative and postoperative images. In the upper dentition, postoperative analysis showed a mean (SD) deviation of 1.3 (1.4) mm from the preoperative plan. The method enables accurate placement of the maxilla, independent of the condyle or mandible, without the need for extraoral reference points.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: j.kraeima@umcg.nl.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kraeima
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Martini Hospital Groningen, PO Box 30033, 9700 RM Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jansma
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Martini Hospital Groningen, PO Box 30033, 9700 RM Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Schepers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001860:Bone Plates; D002508:Cephalometry; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D008437:Maxilla; D008875:Middle Aged; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: 3D planning; CAD-CAM; CBCT; orthognathic surgery; osteosynthesis; splintless