Author(s)

Metin Şençimen, Hasan Ayberk Altuğ, Timur Akçam, Fevzi Erdemci, Gürkan Raşit Bayar, Handan Altuğ, Gamze Arıcı

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.

Objective: skeletal advancement in order to improve the airway dimensions is known as one of the most effective surgical theraphy for treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Distraction osteogenesis (DO) can be a better treatment alternative in some selected cases similar to our patient. Using custom made distractors can make this technique more safe and successful. Study Design: Surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARPE), bilateral intraoral mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO) and orthodontic treatment were tried to a 20-year-old OSA patient with orthognathic anomaly. For mandibular distraction, custom made distractors were used. Results: The initial AHI of the patient was 23.3. At the end of the treatment it decreased to 8.7. Conclusions: Distraction osteogenesis could be a better alternative than the conventional orthognathic surgery in this kind of selected patients. Customization of the distraction devices can contribute to making this procedure safer and more successful.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Distraction Osteogenesis, Custom-Made Distraction Device

Şençimen, M. , Ayberk Altuğ, H. , Akçam, T. , Erdemci, F. , Bayar, G. , Altuğ, H. and Arıcı, G. (2014) Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis for the Treatment of an Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patient with Orthognathic Anomaly: A Case Report and Literature Review. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 3, 621-630. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2014.311133.