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Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

  • P-ISSN2234-7550
  • E-ISSN2234-5930
  • SCOPUS, KCI, ESCI

상대적 거대설을 보이는 전치부 개방교합 환자의 외과적 급속 구개확장술을 통한 횡적 부조화의 치험례

Treatment of transverse deficiency with surgically assisted rapid palatalexpansion in an open bite patient showing pseudomacroglossia

Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons / Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, (P)2234-7550; (E)2234-5930
2008, v.34 no.3, pp.376-382
김윤지 (한림대학교)
이규홍 (한림대학교)
박준우 (한림대학교)
이건주 (샘치과의원)
조형준 (한림대학교)
박양호 (한림대학교)

Abstract

Anterior open bite is a condition in which maxillary and mandibular incisors do not occlude at central occlusion. It is a vertical discrepancy of the jaws and dental arches that has many etiologic factors making it difficult in diagnosis, treatment and prediction of prognosis. One of the causes of open bite is abnormal size and shape of the tongue. Macroglossia, a condition in which tongue is oversized, is caused by several factors which are not clearly identifiable, and it may be a major factor of anterior and posterior open bite. Macroglossia is subdivided into true, functional and pseudomacroglossia depending on its relative size in the oral cavity. In this case report, a patient was diagnosed as skeletal Class II with pseudomacroglossia, and was treated with SARPE in order to expand the narrowed maxillary arch and quad helix for the mandibular arch. As a result the transverse deficiency was treated. In the adult patients where no skeletal growth is expected, SARPE has shown to be effective in treating maxillomandibular transverse discrepancies in which macroglossia was accompanied as in this case.

keywords
Macroglossia, Maxillary expansion, Open bite

Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons