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Congenital macroglossia: surgical and orthodontic management.

AbstractOBJECTIVES:
A case of congenital macroglossia is reported. The most important sign of macroglossia is tongue protrusion through the lips. Tongue protrusion might influence skeletal growth and can cause anterior open bite, proclination of upper and lower incisors and development of diastemas.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
A 4 year-old female patient was diagnosed with congenital macroglossia. Parents referred an abnormal tongue dimension since birth and the development of a progressive anterior open bite. The treatment of macroglossia included tongue reduction by partial glossectomy. She was seen regularly and at the age of eight years old a lingual frenectomy was performed and an orthodontic treatment was planned.
RESULTS:
At the end of the orthodontic treatment a Class I occlusion was obtained with correct overbite and overjet values.
CONCLUSIONS:
Early interception of macroglossia and surgical reduction in combination with orthodontic treatment can be seen as preventive measures to avoid the tongue influence on the development of malocclusions.
AuthorsGiampietro Farronato, Sara Salvadori, Lucia Giannini, Cinzia Maspero
JournalProgress in orthodontics (Prog Orthod) Vol. 13 Issue 1 Pg. 92-8 (May 2012) ISSN: 2196-1042 [Electronic] Germany
PMID22583592 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright © 2011 Società Italiana di Ortodonzia SIDO. Published by Elsevier Srl. All rights reserved.
Topics
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diastema (therapy)
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Glossectomy
  • Humans
  • Lingual Frenum (surgery)
  • Macroglossia (congenital, surgery, therapy)
  • Open Bite (therapy)
  • Orthodontic Appliances, Functional
  • Orthodontics, Interceptive (instrumentation, methods)
  • Overbite (therapy)
  • Patient Care Planning
  • Tongue Habits (therapy)

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