AN ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT TO LEFORTE SURGERY FOR A RETRUDED UNDERDEVELOPED MAXILLA

THE PATIENT BEFORE TREATMENT

THE PATIENT AFTER TREATMENT

A chief complaint for patients that are Class lll with underdeveloped maxilla is a concave facial appearance which prompts them to elect maxillary advancement

surgery.


Before | After

Dentofacial othopedics with the Homeoblock™ appliance has added 3.3mm to midface development. The patient is satisfied with his appearance without maxillary surgical advancement. Furthermore, dental reconstruction has provided him with a satisfactory dental bite centric relation.

Before | AfterShows improved centric relation

His skeletal development indicated in red, shows asymmetric bone development (more on the right side) which has enhanced his facial symmetry. This result could never be achieved with surgery.

Surgery is often elected by patients to correct pharyngeal airway breathing issues. Dentofacial orthopedics with Homeoblock™ treatment can develop both the oropharyngeal and the nasopharyngeal airway, alleviating compromised pharyngeal airway breathing problems, without the invasion of surgery.

Before treatment.

After treatment.


Before | After

Red is before and green is after.

Registered before and after CBCT scans indicate maxillary and mandibular remodeling and the body’s ability to self correct. We see maxillary remodeling with rotation upward and forward and mandibular remodeling downward and backward.