TY - JOUR
T1 - Treatment of skeletal open-bite malocclusion with lymphangioma of the tongue
AU - Chung, Chooryung J.
AU - Hwang, Soonshin
AU - Choi, Yoon Jeong
AU - Kim, Kyung Ho
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajodo.2010.07.029
DO - 10.1016/j.ajodo.2010.07.029
M3 - Article
C2 - 22554757
AN - SCOPUS:84860482931
SN - 0889-5406
VL - 141
SP - 627
EP - 640
JO - American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
JF - American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
IS - 5
ER -