[Experience with combined maxillary and mandibular osteotomies]. / Erfahrungen bei kombinierten Osteotomien im Ober- und Unterkiefer.

Possibilities are discussed to achieve useful results for both alveolar ridges by combining standard procedures of orthopedic surgery used for single jaw operations. The 8 patients were not routine cases. The indications were based on several different reasons. 3 patients first got orthodontic treatment followed by surgery. In the other five cases orthodontics had been impossible for various reasons. All cases were treated with single stage procedures and did not relapse.

[Recording of palatal growth under drinking plates in cases with wide palatal clefts]. / Erfassung des Gaumenwachstums unter Trinkplatten bei breiter Gaumenspalte.

In 1987 eight children with complete wide palatal clefts were born in Berlin. The infants primarily received a drinking plate and maxillary impressions were taken routinely at three months intervals. In the casts a spontaneous narrowing of the clefts was observed.