Alvaro Figueroa, DDS, MS

Below is a list of scientific publications for which this practitioner was either the primary author or a contributor. Citations come from PubMed, a database of biomedical literature, life science journals and online books. PubMed is a service of the US Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Click on the title of the cited work for more information (this will take you directly to PubMed.gov). Listings go back five years.

1. Orthognathic Positioning System: Intraoperative System to Transfer Virtual Surgical Plan to Operating Field During Orthognathic Surgery.
   Polley JW, Figueroa AA.
   J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2013
   2013 Jan 9. doi:pii: S0278-2391(12)01612-6. 10.1016/j.joms.2012.11.004. [Epub ahead of print]
   
2. Parameters of care for craniosynostosis: dental and orthodontic perspectives.
   Vargervik K, Rubin MS, Grayson BH, Figueroa AA, Kreiborg S, Shirley JC, Simmons KE, Warren SM.
   Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2012
   2012 Apr
   141(4 Suppl):S68-73. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2011.12.013.
   
3. Parameters of Care for Craniosynostosis.
   McCarthy JG, Warren SM, Bernstein JM, Burnett W, Cunningham ML, Edmond JC, Figueroa AA, Kapp-Simon KA, Labow B, Peterson-Falzone S, Proctor M, Rubin M, Sze RW, Yemen T.
   Cleft Palate Craniofac J.
   2011 Aug 17
   
4. Nasal Changes after Presurgical Nasoalveolar Molding (PNAM) in the Unilateral Cleft Lip Nose.
   Gomez DF, Donohue S, Figueroa AA, Polley JW.
   Cleft Palate Craniofac J.
   2011 Aug 16
   
5. Evaluation of maxillary permanent molars in patients with syndromic craniosynostosis after monobloc osteotomy and midface advancement with rigid external distraction (RED)
   Sant'Anna EF, de A Cury-Saramago A, Figueroa AA, Polley JW
   Cleft Palate Craniofac J
   2010 Mar
   47(2):109-15
   
6. A combined orthodontic and surgical approach in osteogenesis imperfecta and severe Class III malocclusion: case report
   Aizenbud D, Peled M, Figueroa AA
   J Oral Maxillofac Surg
   2008 May
   66(5):1045-53
   
7. Use of visible light-curing acrylic resins to manufacture occlusal splints: health considerations for clinicians and laboratory personnel
   Alves PV, Bolognese AM, Polley JW, Figueroa AA
   J Oral Maxillofac Surg
   2008 Dec
   66(12):2638-41
   
8. Clinical controversies in oral and maxillofacial surgery: Part two. External versus internal distraction osteogenesis for the management of severe maxillary hypoplasia: external distraction.
   Figueroa AA, Polley JW.
   J Oral Maxillofac Surg.
   2008 Dec
   66(12):2598-604
   

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• We treat patients with craniofacial anomalies. This includes patients with cleft lip and palette, patients with other birth defects affecting the shape and function of the face and head.

  So one of the techniques, that now we have used at Rush since the early 90s, is this technique that is called nasal alveolar molding, in which we reshape the cartilages of the nose prior to the repair of the lip. So in this way, the patients tend to have a much, much better immediate outcome, but also they do require less secondary procedures to obtain the final desired outcome.

  I’m old enough now that I now have seen some of my patients go into successful personal and professional lives. Helping them to get into the mainstream of life is, to me, the most rewarding thing.