Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3116990 | American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics | 2012 | 14 Pages |
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.
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Authors
Chooryung J. Chung, Soonshin Hwang, Yoon-Jeong Choi, Kyung-Ho Kim,