THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE CASE WITH FACIAL ASYMMETRY AND ANTERIOR OPENBITE

Kecik D., MAVİLİ M. E.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY, cilt.17, sa.2, ss.68-73, 2009 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PLASTIC SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.68-73
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The 19-year old female have applied to our clinic due to facial asymmetry and anterior openbite. According to the lateral cephalometric evaluation of the patient having mouth breathing; maxillary height and lower facial height was inspected to be increased. The mandible showed an asymmetric growth towards the right side. The treatment plan was to perform fixed ortodontic treatment combined with orthognathic surgery by the impaction of maxilla and the rotation of mandible to the left side.