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Nasolabial morphology after Le Fort I osteotomies. Effect of alar base suture
A H Westermark1, H Bystedt, L Von Konow
1Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Sabbatsberg, Hospital Stockholm, Sweden.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|February 1, 1991
Abstract:
This paper describes the effect of an alar base suture in an attempt to gain control of the alar base flaring associated with maxillary advancement and/or maxillary impaction. The suture did reduce alar flaring but it also increased the nasolabial angle. The suture did not significantly influence nasal tip projection.