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First patient of the series 11-year-old girl affected by dysostotic conditions in the premaxilla-preceding conventional orthodontic widening had failed (a and b) intraoperative situation with activation of the device up to 10 mm interincisal distance (c) clinical situation 4 months later after spontaneous closure of the gap (d) situation before removal of the device and additional extraction of the right upper second premolar
