Predictability of maxillary surgery: a comparison of internal and external reference marks. Academic Article

abstract

• Internal reference lines have traditionally been used to correlate model work with maxillary surgery. An external point of reference has been suggested for more accurate positioning of the maxilla during surgery. This study compared the predictability of two groups of patients undergoing Le Fort I maxillary osteotomies with either internal reference lines or an external reference point. In the group in which an external reference point was employed, the position of the maxillary central incisor was more accurately predicted on both the x and y coordinates (p less than 0.01) than in the group in which internal reference lines were placed.

authors

• Triplett, Robert

published proceedings

• Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Van Sickels, J. E., Larsen, A. J., & Triplett, R. G.

citation count

• 63

complete list of authors

• Van Sickels, JE||Larsen, AJ||Triplett, RG

publication date

• January 1986

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Oral surgery, oral medicine, and oral pathology  Journal

keywords

• Cephalometry
• Forecasting
• Humans
• Incisor
• Malocclusion
• Maxilla
• Osteotomy

PubMed Central ID

• 3459981

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0030-4220(86)90089-7

start page

• 542

end page

• 545

volume

• 61

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(86)90089-7