What to do if maxillary bone development is insufficient?

Maxillary underdevelopment is a condition that many people experience. There are many reasons for this condition, which may be caused by different physical constitutions, viral infection, or malnutrition during pregnancy. Faced with this situation, people want to take some measures to deal with it. So here we will introduce what to do if the maxillary bone is underdeveloped.

The main reason for insufficient development of the maxillary bone is congenital maldevelopment of the individual's physique, which may be caused by insufficient nutrition during pregnancy or exposure to some viral infections. Currently, there is no external equipment that can correct it, and it is necessary to go to a regular plastic surgery hospital for surgical correction.

Excessive development of maxillary length can cause maxillary protrusion, which is the most common developmental deformity of the maxilla. The clinical manifestations are protruding maxillary dentition, open lips and exposed teeth, narrow dental arch, high arched palate, and deep overbite or deep overjet. In children, orthodontic treatment is usually performed after tooth extraction and reduction, while in adults, facial surgery is usually used.

Patients with maxillary protrusion usually have bad habits such as biting their lower lip, sucking their fingers, and mouth breathing during childhood. During the examination, it can be found that the front lip is difficult to close and the front teeth are protruding, which may be accompanied by open jaws and deep overbite (limp). X-ray cephalometric measurement can be used to identify true mandibular retrusion. Maxillary protrusion can show that the SNA angle exceeds normal, the SNB angle is normal, and the ANB angle is greater than normal.

The surgical treatment of maxillary protrusion usually involves osteotomy of the anterior part of the maxilla and then pushing it back. In clinical practice, the first premolar is extracted first, the alveolar bone is removed as designed, and then the front part of the palatine bone is transected and the required bone is removed at the posterior edge, and then the anterior maxillary bone block is moved posteriorly to the required position.

Maxillary retrusion is quite common in clinical practice, which can also be caused by many factors such as genetics and environment. It is more common in patients with cleft lip and palate who suffer from maxillary underdevelopment. The main manifestations are depression or dish-shaped midface, cross-bite of the front teeth, and pseudo-protrusion of the mandible, which cause serious morphological and functional damage, without slight retraction of cleft lip and palate. Orthodontic treatment can be used in the early stage, and surgery can be used for the rest. The main surgical methods include maxillary anterior osteotomy and maxillary advancement.

Maxillary underdevelopment is very common in our daily life and will seriously affect our beauty and health. Therefore, many people attach great importance to the treatment of maxillary underdevelopment. If you are also troubled by maxillary underdevelopment, you can correct it through surgery.