Patient with Pfeiffer's syndrome treated by midfacial distraction and comprehensive orthodontics

YongJong Park; Paul C Hobar; Douglas P Sinn; Supakit Peanchitlertkajorn

doi:10.1016/j.ajodo.2010.06.020

Patient with Pfeiffer's syndrome treated by midfacial distraction and comprehensive orthodontics

Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2011 Feb;139(2):260-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2010.06.020.

Authors

YongJong Park¹, Paul C Hobar, Douglas P Sinn, Supakit Peanchitlertkajorn

Affiliation

¹ Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex., USA.

PMID: 21300256
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2010.06.020

Abstract

Treatment for patients with craniofacial anomalies always presents a great challenge to orthodontists. Treatment usually requires both comprehensive orthodontic treatment and orthognathic surgery. In this article, we report on a patient with Pfeiffer's syndrome treated by midfacial distraction and comprehensive orthodontics.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acrocephalosyndactylia / complications*
Blepharoptosis / etiology
Blepharoptosis / surgery
Cephalometry
Child, Preschool
Facial Bones / abnormalities*
Female
Humans
Malocclusion, Angle Class III / etiology
Malocclusion, Angle Class III / surgery*
Malocclusion, Angle Class III / therapy
Maxilla / surgery*
Micrognathism / etiology
Micrognathism / surgery*
Orthognathic Surgical Procedures
Osteogenesis, Distraction*