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Case Reports
. 1995 Aug;17(4):263-71.
doi: 10.1093/ejo/17.4.263.

The propellant unilateral magnetic appliance (PUMA): a new technique for hemifacial microsomia

R A Chate  1
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The propellant unilateral magnetic appliance (PUMA): a new technique for hemifacial microsomia

R A Chate. Eur J Orthod. 1995 Aug.

Abstract

A new appliance with samarium cobalt magnets embedded in unilateral blocks of acrylic is described, as a way of stimulating an autogenous costochondral graft, in a case with hemifacial microsomia. Laser scan images are used to illustrate a reversion towards facial soft tissue symmetry, over a 3-year period of treatment.

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