Class III gynecomastia in pediatric age: a new modified surgical treatment

Class III Malocclusion Surgical-Orthodontic Treatment

The aim of the present case report is to describe the orthodontic-surgical treatment of a 17-year-and-9-month-old female patient with a Class III malocclusion, poor facial esthetics, and mandibular and chin protrusion. She had significant anteroposterior and transverse discrepancies, a concave profile, and strained lip closure. Intraorally, she had a negative overjet of 5 mm and an overbite of ...

[Surgical treatment of gynecomastia: an algorithm].

INTRODUCTIONS Gynecomastia is a persistent benign uni- or bilateral enlargement of the male breast ranging from small to excessive findings with marked skin redundancy. In this paper we introduce an algorithm to facilitate the selection of the appropriate surgical technique according to the presented morphological aspects. PATIENTS AND METHODS The records of 118 patients (217 breasts) with gy...

A New Surgical Technique in Treatment of Nail Onycogryphosis

Early orthopedic Class III treatment with a modified tandem appliance.

JCO/APRIL 2003 G patients with dentofacial deformities characterized by either a midfacial deficiency or true mandibular prognathism are perhaps the most challenging cases for the clinician to manage. In patients with midfacial deficiency, the current clinical protocol calls for orthopedic maxillary protraction by means of elastics to either an extraoral facemask or a chin cup.1,2 A maxillary e...

Class III surgical-orthodontic treatment: a cephalometric study.

INTRODUCTION In this retrospective study, we investigated treatment outcomes in Class III surgical-orthodontic patients. METHODS Records of 151 consecutively completed Class III surgical-orthodontic patients (overjet, 0 mm or less) were obtained from 87 consultant orthodontists in the United Kingdom. Pretreatment and posttreatment cephalometric radiographs were analyzed. RESULTS Bimaxillary...