Modified Osteotomy to Manage Anterior Constriction With Surgically Assisted Rapid Maxillary Expansion

摘要

Transverse maxillary hypoplasia, in adolescents and adults, is seen frequently in nonsyndromal and syn-dromal patients including patients with cleft palates. In skeletally mature individuals, unilateral or bilateral transverse hypoplasia can be corrected via a surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME). This treatment for maxillary expansion, a combination of orthodontic and surgical procedures, was introduced in 1938 for skeletally mature patients.1 Since then, several modifications for SARME have been introduced