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Patrón facial y espacios primates
Facial pattern and primate spaces

Evid. odontol. clín; 3 (2), 2017
El patrón facial indica la dirección del crecimiento de la cara en sentido vertical u horizontal y este crecimiento se ve incrementado en la etapa de la dentición decidua, por lo que podría influir en la presencia de espacios primates. Además, el patrón de crecimiento que se manifiesta en las prime...

Compensatory Class III malocclusion treatment associated with mandibular canine extractions

ABSTRACT Skeletal Class III malocclusions are ideally treated with orthodontic-surgical approaches. However, if there are no significant soft tissue implications and the patient does not want to undergo orthognatic surgery, other treatment options may be considered. The current case report describes a co...

Nonsurgical treatment for a severe anterior and lateral open bite and multiple congenitally missing teeth: a case report with 4-year follow-up

ABSTRACT This case report describes the treatment of a severe anterior and lateral open bite combined with multiple congenitally missing teeth. A 10-year-old girl presented with an open gonial angle, absence of lip sealing, and soft tissue pogonion retrusion. She had an open bite of 8.5 mm, agenesis of t...

Condylectomy and "surgery first" approach: An expedited treatment for condylar hyperplasia in a patient with facial asymmetry

ABSTRACT Condylar Hyperplasia (CH) is a self-limiting pathology condition that produces severe facial deformity at the expense of mandibular asymmetry. In this case report a 15-year-old female patient was diagnosed with Unilateral Condylar Hiperplasia (UCH) by mean of single-photon emission computed tomo...

Correção estética em paciente portador de exostose frontal: relato de caso

Introdução: Exostoses são protuberâncias ósseas benignas e calcificadas, geralmente surgindo na região cortical dos ossos, cuja etiologia ainda não é bem definida. Clinicamente, são lesões fixas, indolores que apresentam crescimento lento. Em geral, nenhum tratamento para exostose frontal é su...

Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia and peripheral giant cell granuloma in a patient with neurofibromatosis 1

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (2), 2017
Abstract: We report a 35-year-old mulatto female patient with neurofibromatosis Type 1 who presented with facial asymmetry. The patient had two lesions: florid cemento-osseous dysplasia associated with peripheral giant cell granuloma. She was referred for surgical treatment of the peripheral giant cell g...

Prevalencia de asimetrías mandibulares en radiografías panorámicas de población de Bogotá-Colombia

Int. j. morphol; 34 (4), 2016
La simetría mandibular es esencial para determinar los patrones no solo de belleza facial sino de función masticatoria; las alteraciones de crecimiento y desarrollo, patologías genéticas, traumáticas o neoplásicas o por características propias de cada población, que afectan a la mandíbula, gener...

Class III malocclusion with maxillary deficiency, mandibular prognathism and facial asymmetry

ABSTRACT This article reports the clinical case of a female patient with history of unsuccessful orthodontic treatment. She presented with Class III malocclusion, mandibular and maxillary constriction, anterior crossbite and facial asymmetry resulting from laterognathism triggered by hyperactivity of the...

Caracterização miofuncional orofacial e eletromiográfica de pacientes submetidos à correção da fratura condilar por redução aberta e fechada

CoDAS; 28 (5), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo Realizar a caracterização da performance motora orofacial de indivíduos adultos com fratura em côndilo, comparando indivíduos submetidos à redução aberta e fechada. Método 26 adultos divididos em três grupos: G1 – composto por 8 indivíduos submetidos à redução aberta...

Is there an association between skeletal asymmetry and tooth absence?

ABSTRACT Introduction: Facial skeletal asymmetry is commonly found in humans and its main characteristic is menton deviation. The literature suggests that occlusal and masticatory problems arising from tooth absence could be related to the development of such asymmetries. Objective: The aim of this c...