Treatment of skeletal open-bite malocclusion with lymphangioma of the tongue

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Authors: Chooryung J. Chung ; Soonshin Hwang ; Yoon-Jeong Choi ; Kyung-Ho Kim

Citation: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS AND DENTOFACIAL ORTHOPEDICS, Vol.141(5) : 627-640, 2012

MeSH: Adolescent ; Cephalometry ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Longitudinal Studies ; Lymphangioma/complications ; Lymphangioma/pathology ; Macroglossia/complications* ; Macroglossia/pathology ; Macroglossia/surgery ; Open Bite/diagnostic imaging ; Open Bite/etiology ; Open Bite/pathology ; Open Bite/therapy* ; Orthodontics, Corrective/methods* ; Orthognathic Surgical Procedures/methods* ; Radiography ; Treatment Outcome ; Vertical Dimension

Keywords: Adolescent ; Cephalometry ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Longitudinal Studies ; Lymphangioma/complications ; Lymphangioma/pathology ; Macroglossia/complications* ; Macroglossia/pathology ; Macroglossia/surgery ; Open Bite/diagnostic imaging ; Open Bite/etiology ; Open Bite/pathology ; Open Bite/therapy* ; Orthodontics, Corrective/methods* ; Orthognathic Surgical Procedures/methods* ; Radiography ; Treatment Outcome ; Vertical Dimension

Abstract: Lymphangioma of the tongue causes massive tongue enlargement, leading to difficulties in swallowing and mastication, speech disturbances, airway obstruction, and skeletal deformities such as open-bite malocclusion. Early reduction of tongue volume improved the excessive open bite in a young girl, but it was not sufficient to redirect the original hyperdivergent growth pattern. Orthodontic camouflage treatment was therefore rendered. Long-term evaluation after tongue-reduction surgery and orthodontic treatment is presented

Full Text: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889540612000558

Appears in Collections:: 2. College of Dentistry (치과대학) > Dept. of Orthodontics (교정과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers

Yonsei Authors: Kim, Kyung Ho(김경호) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8154-2041
Chung, Chooryung J.(정주령) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9399-7193
Choi, Yoon Jeong(최윤정) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0781-8836

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