Treatment of Long Standing Malunited Maxillary Fracture by Le Fort I Osteotomy : Case Report.

Lee,  Chung-Guk; Yang,  Seong-Ik

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 17(12); 1979 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 1979;17(12):923-926.
Published online December 31, 1979.

Le Fort I 골절술을 이용한 상악골 부정유합의 치료 : 증례 보고

이충국¹, 양성익²

^¹연세대학교 치과대학 구강외과학교실
^²연세대학교 치과대학 구강외과학교실

Treatment of Long Standing Malunited Maxillary Fracture by Le Fort I Osteotomy : Case Report.

Chung-Guk Lee¹, Seong-Ik Yang²

¹Department of Oral Surgery, College of Dentistry, Yon Sei University
²Department of Oral Surgery, College of Dentistry, Yon Sei University

Abstract

In patient of long standing malunited maxillary fracture, maxillary osteotomy or refracture seems to be justifiable. This is a case of the patient, a 60 year old Korean female patient, presented a long-standing malunited maxillary fracture with dish-type face and functional disturbance in mouth opening. We performed upon her Le Fort I osteotomy only via labial-buccal horizontal incisions in one-stag operation. The result was good in esthetics and function.