Treatment of Mandibular Prognathism
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2006 Mandibular prognathism (MP) or skeletal Class III malocclusion with a prognathic mandible is one of the most severe maxillofacial deformities. Facial growth modification can be an effective method of resolving skeletal Class III jaw discrepancies in ...
Hong-Po Chang, Yu-Chuan Tseng
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Surgical Correction of Mandibular Prognathism
Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 1973 1. The underlying skeletal defect and dental malocclusion in mandibular prognathism have been analysed.
Brigadier Rasamay Ganguly +1 more
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Correlation between mandibular morphology and masticatory muscle thickness in normal occlusion and mandibular prognathism. [PDF]
J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg, 2020 Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between masticatory muscle thickness and mandibular morphology in young Korean adults with normal occlusion and mandibular prognathism.
Kim TH, Kim CH.
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Three-dimensional analysis of maxillary asymmetry in patients with mandibular prognathism [PDF]
Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryBackground Jaw deviation is a common feature of skeletal mandibular prognathism and often extends to the maxilla, complicating diagnosis and treatment planning in surgical orthodontic treatment. Since occlusion and maxillary morphology strongly influence
Chihiro Atarashi +6 more
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Comprehending the three-dimensional mandibular morphology of facial asymmetry patients with mandibular prognathism [PDF]
Progress in Orthodontics, 2017 Background The purpose of this study was to elucidate the factors that cause facial asymmetry by comparing the characteristics of the mandibular morphology in patients with mandibular prognathism with or without facial asymmetry using three-dimensional ...
Hideki Kamata +5 more
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Mandibular prognathism caused by acromegaly – a surgical orthodontic case [PDF]
Head & Face Medicine, 2009 A 22-year-old man presented for orthodontic surgery because of mandibular prognathism. Clinical symptoms suggested acromegaly, and diagnosis was verified by an endocrinologist as well as by radiograph.
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Soft-tissue profile changes after orthognathic surgery of mandibular prognathism [PDF]
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2012 During surgical correction of facial deformities, accurate prediction of the resulting facial profile is important for the patient and the surgeon. The purpose of the present study was to investigate profile changes after surgical treatment of mandibular
Chun-Ming Chen +4 more
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Seven Years of Retention of Severe Mandibular Prognathism Treated With Bimaxillary Surgery: Two Case Reports [PDF]
Turkish Journal of Orthodontics, 2013 These case reports describe the surgical treatment of 2 male adult patients with severe mandibular prognathism. For both patients, anterior repositioning of the maxilla by Le Fort I osteotomies with and without impaction and mandibular posterior ...
Tulin Ufuk Toygar-Memikoglu +3 more
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Therapeutic management of patients with class III skeletal malocclusion. Mandibular prognathism, maxillary retrognathism – a case report [PDF]
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019 Mandibular prognathism (progenism, underbite) is a type of malocclusion characterised by an abnormally anterior position of the mandible or the underdevelopment of the maxilla. The profile of an individual with the pathology is significantly prolonged in
Justyna Szpyt, Magdalena Gębska
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SURGERY OF MANDIBULAR PROGNATHISM ACCORDING TO HUNSUCK-EPKER APPROACH [PDF]
Zdravniški Vestnik, 2001 Background. In the following article the authors presents the advantages of the mandibular prognathism correction by Hunsuck-Epker approach and compares it with the Obwegeser surgery method.
Danijel Žerdoner, Jože Žgank
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