Smile 3 Distractor
For pathological small upper jaws and clefts
Skeletal expansion or Surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion or distraction is undoubtedly the best treatment option for maxillary constriction and/or severe crowding. The Smile 3 Distractor can be placed on a palate as narrowas 12mm, bone to bone, as well as flat wide cleft palates.
The Smile 3 Distractor is easy to apply and to remove by the surgeon, easy to activate twice a day by the patient and easy to be monitored by a professional. Patients also report great satisfaction on the distractor, due to oral comfort and oral hygiene it offers.
Advantages
- Modules of the Smile 3 can be changed to a larger module leaving the plates in place
- Very useful distractor for pathological small upper jaws and clefts (module 8, 10, 12 mm)
What should you tell your patient?
- He should see the opening between the 2 front teeth getting larger every day.
- The smile distractor needs to be cleaned daily by your patient using a soft child toothbrush.
- The distractor should be kept firm and immobile in the mouth for 3 to 5 months. In case the distractor becomes loose during the healing process, they need to contact you to re tighten or remove it.
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Publications
- 2022 - Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Do sex and age influence nasal soft tissue widening after bone-borne transpalatal distraction ? - 2021 - International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
The effect of subspinal Le Fort 1 corticotomy on nasal morphology in surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion - 2017 - Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
The effects of surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME) on the dental show and chin projection. - 2015 - Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
Surgical management of cross-bites in orthognathic surgery: Surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME) versus two-piece maxilla - 2015 - Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
One-stage tooth-borne distraction versus two stage bone-borne distraction in surgically assisted maxillary expansion (SARME). - 2015 - Polish Annals of Medicine
Changes in transverse tooth and bone dimensions during transversal maxillary hypoplasia treatment by maxillary distraction osteogenesis using a device installed on a bone - 2014 - Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Transpalatal distraction - State of the art for the individual management of transverse maxillary deficiency - A review of 50 consecutive cases.