Treatment of microstomia with commissuroplasties and semidynamic acrylic splints.

Abstract

Microstomia is defined as an abnormal small oral orifice. Burns and injuries of perioral tissues, perioral surgeries, and genetic disorders can lead to perioral scar formations and restrict mouth opening. Treatment of microstomia requires surgical or conservative approaches. The aim of this report is to assess the effects of surgical commissuroplasty techniques combined with the application of semidynamic mouth splints on 4 microstomia patients with different etiologies. The combination of surgical and conservative techniques proves to be the best method of treating compromised perioral tissues in microstomia patients.

• Authors: Ramazan Koymen, Aydin Gulses, Umit Karacayli, Yavuz S Aydintug
• Journal: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics (Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod) Vol. 107 Issue 4 Pg. 503-7 (Apr 2009) ISSN: 1528-395X [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 19138538 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Burns (complications)
• Female
• Humans
• Lip (surgery)
• Male
• Microstomia (etiology, surgery, therapy)
• Middle Aged
• Mouth Mucosa (surgery)
• Mouth Neoplasms (surgery)
• Oral Surgical Procedures (methods)
• Plastic Surgery Procedures (methods)
• Scleroderma, Systemic (complications)
• Splints
• Surgical Flaps
• Wounds, Gunshot (complications)