Customized and Standard Solutions in Maxillofacial Surgery

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".

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Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital, 65-046 Zielona Góra, Poland
Interests: orthognathic surgery; bone reconstruction; head and neck surgery; virtual surgical planning; customized implants

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Dear Collegues,

It is my great honour and prevlige to announce Special Issue of Applied Science titled Customized and Standard Solutions in Maxillofacial Surgery.

There is no doubt that we are living in time of technological revolution and the inflouence on our life is more than obviuos.

Maxillofacial surgery, one of the most interesting and chalenging fields of medicine develops very quickly recently years. Excellent anatomical knowlege as well as high surgical skills are the most important issues, but technological and virtual support often helps to achieve good results in treatment process.

Various types of osteosyntheses, virtual surgical planning, AVR, navigation, customized or standard implants or special instruments and devices are just an example of possibiliteis that can be used in everyday surgical practice.

New technologies supported by 3D planning and printing are essential in traumatology, tumor resection and reconstruction surgery, TMJ surgery, microsurgery, orthognathic surgery or implant placement. It not only helps us to plan these complicated interventions but also makes them safer and more predictable for our patients.

I would like to invite all my Collegues and Friends to share their own experience from everyday practise with using customized and standard solutions in our speciality. Articles from all areas of maxillofacial and oral surgery are warmly welcome.

I am sure that sharing knowlege allows us to teach and learn from each other and is important and neccessery step in our development in the future.

Dr. Rafal Nowak
Guest Editor

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Three-Dimensional Cephalometric Analysis of Skeletal and Dental Effects in Patients Undergoing Transpalatal Distraction
by Tomasz Żyła, Beata Kawala, Rafał Nowak, Maciej Kawala and Jowita Halupczok-Żyła
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(9), 4273; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12094273 - 23 Apr 2022
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The present study aimed to assess dental and skeletal effects after transpalatal distraction using 3D cephalometry methodology. The study group comprised 34 patients (mean age 27.7 years) who were diagnosed with transverse skeletal maxillary deficiency of at least 7 mm. Computed tomography scans [...] Read more.
The present study aimed to assess dental and skeletal effects after transpalatal distraction using 3D cephalometry methodology. The study group comprised 34 patients (mean age 27.7 years) who were diagnosed with transverse skeletal maxillary deficiency of at least 7 mm. Computed tomography scans were obtained before surgical procedure (T1), after completion of expansion (T2) and at 6-month follow-up (T3). Computed tomography scans were imported into Dolphin Imaging software version 11.7 (Chatsworth, CA, USA). Three-dimensional skull models were oriented according to the Frankfurt horizontal plane, midsagittal plane (passing through the skeletal nasion) and frontal plane (passing through the right and left porion). Cephalometric landmarks related to skeletal, and dental structures were traced and linear and angular measurements were calculated. Following transpalatal distraction N-ANS and S-PNS distances increased by 1.27 mm and 0.54 mm, respectively. Skeletal expansion at the canine region (ARCR-ARCL) was 8.43 mm at T2 and 6.39 mm at T3. Expansion at the distal part of the maxilla (ARMR-ARML) was 5.95 mm at T2 and 4.81 mm after retention. The highest increase in maxillary arch width at T2 was observed at canines (8.74 mm), lower at premolars (8.33 mm) and the lowest at molars (6.76 mm). There is no anteroposterior movement of maxilla following transpalatal distraction; however, the maxilla shifts downward which is particularly marked anteriorly. Skeletal and dental expansion in the transversal plane occurs in a V-shaped manner, with more expansion at the anterior part of the maxilla. Full article
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