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LeFort I Osteotomy

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Not long ago, maxillary advancement seemed a formidable procedure to many surgeons. Cleft patients with Class III malocclusion often were treated by the more familiar method of mandibular setback, even though the problem, by clinical and cephalometric examination, could be shown to be in the maxilla.

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  1. Division of Plastic Surgery, Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL, 33155, USA

    S. A. Wolfe M.D. (Chief)

  2. Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA

    Samuel Berkowitz DDS, M.S., FICD (Adjunct Professor)

  3. South Florida Cleft Palate Clinic, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Samuel Berkowitz DDS, M.S., FICD (Clinical Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics (Ret), Director of Research (Ret)

  4. Craniofacial Anomalies Program, Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL, USA

    Samuel Berkowitz DDS, M.S., FICD (Consultant (Ret)

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Wolfe, S.A., Berkowitz, S., Berkowitz, S., Berkowitz, S. (2013). LeFort I Osteotomy. In: Berkowitz, S. (eds) Cleft Lip and Palate. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30770-6_24

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