Maxillary ridge expansion with Magnetic Mallet

Posted on 06.10.2022 05:57 AM By Fernando Gómez-Ferrer In Orthodontics

This is a case of maxillary ridge expansion with the use of the Magnetic Mallet. After the skeletonization of the site to expand, the 17 was extracted using the EXTR1 osteotome. The vestibule-palatal bone thickness is 3 now mm. The osteotomy begins with the use of the SPLIT osteotome and subsequently the EXP2 osteotome starting from distal towards mesial. Then, a 4 mm thick vestibule-palatal bone thickness was achieved, following an implant site preparation with the use of osteotomes 100P and then 200. At this point, a 6 mm vestibule/palatal bone thickness is reached and parallelism pins are inserted. The Magnetic Mallet allowed to go from an initial vestibule-palatal bone thickness of 3 mm to an 8 mm bone thickness.
Any thoughts on this case?