• DOI:10.1597/05-109
Corpus ID: 34126577

Excessive Rapid Palatal Expansion with Latham Appliance for Distal Repositioning of Protruded Premaxilla in Bilateral Cleft Lip and Alveolus

@article{Fukuyama2006ExcessiveRP,
  title={Excessive Rapid Palatal Expansion with Latham Appliance for Distal Repositioning of Protruded Premaxilla in Bilateral Cleft Lip and Alveolus},
  author={E. Fukuyama and Susumu Omura and Kiyohide Fujita and K. Soma and Katsuyuki Torikai},
  journal={The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal},
  year={2006},
  volume={43},
  pages={673 - 677}
}

E. Fukuyama, Susumu Omura, +2 authors Katsuyuki Torikai

Published 2006

Medicine

The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Objective: This article reports a case of bilateral cleft lip and alveolus (BCLA) for which excessive rapid palatal expansion with a Latham appliance was performed for preoperative alignment of the protruded premaxilla. Postoperative changes of maxillary width were investigated with serial plaster casts. Patient and Results: A 3-month-old girl presented with complete BCLA in which the premaxilla was markedly protruded. Preoperative alignment of the protruded premaxilla with a Latham appliance… CONTINUE READING

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