STUDY OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to apply a systematic physical examination, used to evaluate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients, in nonapneic patients. DESIGN Study was prospective. SETTING Patients were seen in the sleep laboratory and department of otorhinolaryngology. PATIENTS OR PARTICIPANTS Nonapneic patients (n = 100) were involved in the study. INTERVENTIONS Ph...

BACKGROUND Mesial protraction of mandibular posterior teeth requires increased anchorage to avoid undesired tooth movements. Orthodontic mini-implants have become a popular and successful way to increase skeletal anchorage in such cases. However, mini-implants may cause injury to adjacent teeth or anatomical structures and may lead to tissue inflammation. Induced ankylosed primary teeth have be...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to objectively evaluate hypoesthesia of the upper lip following Le Fort I osteotomy in combination with mandibular osteotomy with trigeminal somatosensory evoked potential (TSEP). SUBJECTS AND METHODS The subjects consisted of 25 patients with mandibular prognathism with maxillary retrognathism mandibular prognathism with or without asymmetry, who underwe...

Distraction osteogenesis is a powerful technique for creating new bone during significant lengthening of the mandible without the need for bone grafting and associated donor site morbidity. The majority of clinical applications of mandibular lengthening with distraction osteogenesis techniques reported in the literature are in growing patients.1-8 For the purposes of this article, an adult pati...

Airway management in neonates with Pierre Robin sequence is often challenging. Advancement of the tongue base using mandibular distraction in neonates can avoid tracheotomy and is increasingly propagated. The surgical indication is very important. We establish indication. The result of the preoperative peripheral oxygen saturation of about 40% in the prone position is considered as indication. ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency of glossoptosis (posterior displacement of the tongue) as a cause of sleep apnea in pediatric patients referred for fluoroscopic sleep studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy consecutive dynamic fluoroscopic sleep studies performed to evaluate sleep apnea were reviewed. All patients had been sedated and examined with lateral flu...

This case report presents an adult skeletal Class III and open-bite malocclusion case treated without surgical intervention using fixed edgewise technique, reverse headgear, and Class III and anterior box elastics. The patient was a 16-year-old Turkish female who had completed her growth and development. She had a four mm open bite, maxillary retrognathia, a crossbite in the anterior and left p...

A 14-year old girl with Rett syndrome was studied. The patient had roncopathy, sleepiness, decreased activity and performance, corrected kyphoscoliosis, obesity, retrognathia, ojival palate and dental malocclusion. Nocturnal polysomnography (PSG) showed a moderate obstructive and apparently central sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) with associated hypoventilation, corrected by continuous pos...