Kasey Li is an oral surgeon well known for his EASE procedure, which is the only treatment to do a thorough surgical split beforehand and subsequently achieve parallel expansion from anterior to posterior palate. In this JawCast, he shares a vast amount of knowledge on a multitude of Jaw related topics, including an EASE breakdown backed by evidence & cases, Custom MARPE controversy, his thoughts on FME, Assymetry, Sleep Apnea, how Jaw Surgery & 3 Peice Lefort affects Nasal Breathing, Custom plates, Protraction, his conservative treatment approach, Tooth-borne expanders, and much more.
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00:00:00 Intro
00:02:21 Official Start
00:03:51 Dr. Kasey Li’s First EASE Patient Was His Son
00:05:14 Diastema Is Usually Less Than 3mm W/ EASE
00:07:50 Kasey Li’s Opinion on Toothborne Expanders
00:10:53 Kasey Li Is Not an Orthodontist
00:14:01 The Toothborne Appliance Bone Growth Fallacy in Ron’s Ebook
00:18:26 EASE Common Questions Answered – Powerpoint
00:20:12 6 Consecutive, Most Recent EASE Cases – Analyzing Quality of EASE Expansion, Swelling, etc. No Cherrypicking
00:31:17 EASE Splits from ANS to PNS
00:38:17 68yro Patient Gets EASE and Is Okay W/ Avoiding Surgery and Doing CPAP
00:41:54 Kasey Li Doesn’t Aim for an Arbitrary Intermolar Width on Everyone
00:45:12 1mm Expansion Is a Significant Amount W/ EASE
00:48:11 Sleep Studies Before & After EASE – Patients Can Reduce CPAP Pressure After Expansion
00:56:36 Lack of MSE/Custom Marpe Data
00:59:27 What Is SARPE?
01:07:15 EASE Procedure Breakdown
01:18:09 PIEZO Cut is Shallower & Made Blindly While Kasey Li Can Cut All the Way Through to the Nasal Floor.
01:27:01 Screws Perpendicular to Bone in MARPE vs Parallel with Bone in EASE
01:30:41 Managing Asymmetries
01:39:25 Sinus Surgery Before EASE?
01:52:55 Kasey Li Reacts to Paul Coceancig Saying Expanding Nose Doesn’t Do Anything
02:05:25 Shuikai’s Alternative Segmental Lefort Question & Why EASE Is Better Than Segmental 3 Piece Expansion for Nasal Breathing
02:13:57 It’s Never a 1:1 Expansion Ratio from Palate to Upper Midface
02:20:18 Does Kasey Li Do Pterygomaxillary Release for EASE?
02:22:13 Kasey Li Thinks FME Will Have More Failures Than MSE
02:29:04 FME Won’t Fundamentally Change How Expansion Works
02:35:29 How to Decide If Patient Should Go Straight to MMA or Do EASE First?
02:42:31 Kasey Li Doesn’t Believe in Huge Advancements Because Sleep Apnea Is More Than Just the Anatomy
02:47:29 Kasey Li’s Patient Coming Back 14 Years Later After MMA Wondering If He Could Get EASE
02:53:22 Kasey Li’s thoughts on Protraction & Bollard Plates
02:57:21 Does Kasey Li Use MSDO?
03:10:25 Does MSDO Improve the Airway by Pulling Lower Jaw Tissues More Taut?
03:16:42 Would Kasey Li Even Bother Turning this Custom Marpe?
03:25:34 Surgeon in Germany Calling Her Procedure EASE
03:28:10 Downsides of Custom Plates & The Experience Level of a Jaw Surgeon
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