%0 Journal Article
%T Complica£¿£¿es ap¨®s expans£¿o de maxila cirurgicamente assistida
%A Albuquerque
%A Gustavo Cavalcanti
%A Gon£¿ales
%A Andr¨¦a Guedes Barreto
%A Tieghi Neto
%A Victor
%A Nogueira
%A Alexandre Sim£¿es
%A Assis
%A Diogo Souza Ferreira Rubim de
%A Gon£¿ales
%A Eduardo Sanches
%J Revista de Odontologia da UNESP
%D 2013
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S1807-25772013000100004
%X introduction: the treatment of adult transverse maxillary deficiency is the surgically assisted maxillary expansion. several surgical techniques have been described for this and complications have been related to these procedures. objective: the aim of this study was evaluate the incidence of complications associated with surgically assisted maxillary expansion. material and method: 33 individuals undergone surgically assisted maxillary expansion by subtotal le fort i osteotomy with a step in the zygomatic-maxillary buttress and associated to pterigomaxillary disjunction and osteotomy of intermaxillary suture. operative complications, post-operative complications and the distance between the upper teeth were recorded. result: 12 men and 21 women with an average age of 24.64 years undergone the procedure. the interdental distances increased from preoperative to 2 months post-operative time. the prevalent complications were sinusitis (6%) and teeth displacement and inclination (6%). conclusion: surgically assisted maxillary expansion is an effective and low morbidity procedure to treat transverse maxillary deficiency in adults.
%K palatal expansion
%K osteotomy
%K postoperative complication.
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