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- Title
Multidisciplinary correction of anterior open bite relapse and upper airway obstruction.
- Authors
Gracco, Antonio; Perri, Alessandro; Siviero, Laura; Bonetti, Giulio Alessandri; Cocilovo, Francesco; Stellini, Edoardo
- Abstract
A 27-year-old man presented an anterior open bite relapse. He had low tongue posture positioned anteriorly at rest and during swallowing and reported chronic difficulty in nose breathing. Head cone-beam computed tomography revealed nasal septum deviation, right turbinate hypertrophy, and left maxillary sinus congestion, which were thought to contribute to the breathing problem, encourage the improper tongue posture, and thereby cause the relapse. Multidisciplinary treatment involving an otorhinolaryngologist, an orthodontist, and a periodontist resolved the upper airway obstruction and corrected the malocclusion. The follow-up examination after 3 years 5 months demonstrated stable results.
- Subjects
NASAL septum; HYPERTROPHY; PARANASAL sinuses; RESPIRATORY obstructions; MALOCCLUSION
- Publication
Korean Journal of Orthodontics, 2015, Vol 45, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
2234-7518
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4041/kjod.2015.45.1.47