Abstract

BASULTO VARELA, José Felipe et al. Simultaneously treament of congenital unilateral temporomandibular ankylosis and consecutive microlatherognathism. Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2013, vol.50, n.1, pp. 94-101. ISSN 0034-7507.

The paper reports the short- and long-term results obtained from the multidisciplinary treatment of a congenital unilateral ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint associated to an embryonic malformation in a 12-year-old boy, using an external bidimensional distraction device with a two-fold purpose: as fixator to maintain the space achieved by arthroplasty, and as distractor to elongate the hypotrophic mandibular branch, activated 5 days after osteotomy, with the purpose of eliminating ankylosis and consecutive mandibular microlaterognatism, both functionally and dynamically.

Keywords : temporomandibular joint; congenital ankylosis; microlaterognatism; arthroplasty; bone distraction.

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