Vaibhav Shah*, Krishna Shama Rao, Ganapathy KP, Murali Mohan, Harish Kumar, Pavan, Hemanth and Krishna Arora

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Consultant, CTCS Unit Med Hospital, India

*Corresponding Author: Vaibhav Shah, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Consultant, CTCS Unit Med Hospital, India.

Received: September 04, 2023; Published: September 27, 2023

Abstract

22-year-old patients reported with Angle’s class II division 1 malocclusion, canine class II, gummy smile. Lateral cephalogram demonstrated anteroposterior, vertical maxillary excess and steep mandibular plane.
LEFORT 1 osteotomy was performed to treat maxillary protrusive skeletal Class II. The treatment results show that the procedure exhibited large upward and forward movements of the maxillary segment and desirable facial profile, with a reduction of the Crossbite after the treatment.

Keywords: Lefort 1 Osteotomy; Maxillary; Protrusive Skeletal

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Citation

Citation: Vaibhav Shah., et al. “Lefort 1 Osteotomy: A Case Report of 2 Cases". Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 7.10 (2023): 124-126.

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