G21
Surgically Assisted Orthodontics
1:30 PM-3:30 PM
Ballroom20B-C (San Diego Convention Center)
Surgically Assisted Orthodontics
This is a non-ticketed session.Dale Baur DDS, MD
Cleveland, OH, USA
: The ability to provide safe and cost-efficient surgical support of orthodontic treatment is a significant advantage for surgeons and patients alike in today's healthcare climate. Traditional orthodontic tooth movement can be accelerated by drilling small perforations in the alveolar bone investing the teeth. This induces the regional accelerated phenomenon (RAP) which facilitates rapid tooth movement. This physiologic response coupled with bone grafting allows for greater expansion of ridge form while allowing the teeth to remain within alveolar bone. This technique allows for expansion that, in the past, necessitated a surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion or segmental Le Fort I. This technique can be applied locally to facilitate eruption of impacted teeth or to move inclined teeth into an upright position. It can also be used to move teeth through alveolar bone. Additionally, surgically assisted eruption provides orthodontists with the ability to salvage impacted teeth and also includes the use of implantable anchorage devices. Finally, a model for office-based orthognathic surgery will be discussed. This symposium will review these surgical-orthodontic techniques and explore new applications.
- Apply this technique in the treatment of difficult adult malocclusions with accelerated treatment time and in the surgically facilitated eruption of impacted teeth.
- Discuss principles and techniques of surgically assisted eruption.
- Discuss the delivery system of office based-orthognathic surgery.