Anna Paradowska , Anna Znamirowska - Bajowska , Janina Szeląg Facial

Binder’s syndrome develops in the first trimester of pregnancy and has characteristic effects on the facial features. Those effects are: arhinoid face, intermaxillary hypoplasia (associated with malocclusion), abnormal position of the nasal bones, nasal mucosa atrophy, anterior nasal spine agenesis and (in most cases) a lack of frontal sinuses. Other deformities, as well as mental retardation, are also possible. Due to the clinical appearance, patients require surgical and orthodontic treatment. The main surgery performed in these patients is nose reconstruction with bone or cartilage grafts. Usually patients require more than one surgical procedure due to graft resorbtion and an unsatisfactory appearance. Orthodontic treatment is based on Class III treatment (pseudo-mesio-occlusion) and relieving dental crowding. The treatment of malocclusion may require combined orthodontic and surgical treatment. In younger patients maxillary protraction with rapid palatal expansion could be an adequate approach (Adv Clin Exp Med 2010, 19, 6, 765–769).