Surgically assisted Maxillary Expansion under Local Anesthesia

Luis Raimundo Serra RABÊLO, Eider Guimarães BASTOS, Adriano Rocha GERMANO, Luis Augusto PASSERI

Surgically assisted palatal expansion is a procedure used for management of true maxillary transverse deficiencies in patients with skeletal maturity. The use of a simplified technique under local anesthesia allows the correction of this discrepancy with low index of complications and long-term stability, becoming a good alternative for the treatment of these patients.

Keywords: Maxillary expansion. Orthognatic surgery. Malocclusion. Transversal deficiencies.

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