L'Orthodontie Française
MENUManagement of the maxillary transverse discrepancies Volume 86, issue 1, Mars 2015
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- Key words: Mouth breathing, Alveolar bone graft, Alveolar corticotomy, Intermaxillary expansion, Periodontal tissue, Stability
- DOI : 10.1051/orthodfr/2015008
- Page(s) : 67-72
- Published in: 2015
Surgical management of transverse discrepancies is a special field of orthodontic treatment and of orthognathic surgery. Long-term stability is often challenging despite the various available methods of treatment. We present the physiopathological process behind this defect in transverse growth and propose a decision tree.