We are sincerely grateful to have been invited by the Guest Editor of this special issue, Prof. Francesca Lisi, to write an article in honor of our mentor Gaetano Aurelio Lanzarone (for students, colleagues and friends simply ‘Elio’). We were the first (Stefania) and last (Federico) of Elio’s students, and we both entertained a particularly deep relation with him. What we want to do here is to ...

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下顎前突症は比較的多 くみ られ る不正咬合を主徴 とす る顎骨変形症の1つ で,そ の治療法 と して矯正的方法 と 口腔外科的方法,あ るいは両者を併用す る方法が ある。 外科的治療は,顔 貌 および咬合状態 の改善,下 顎全体 と しての機能回復な どを 目的 として行われ,そ の術式には 下顎枝両側を切断 し下顎骨体を後方へ移動 させ る方法, および両側下顎骨々体 の1部 を切除短縮す る方法 とに大 別される1)2).下顎枝切断術にはそ の切断部位に よって種 々の方法があ り,大 別す ると水平切断法3)4),斜 断法5)~8), 垂直切断法9),矢 状切断法10)~14),などが ある.水 平切断 法は古 くか ら行わ れて き た方法で,Kostecka3)が これ らを改良 し,Kostecka氏 法 として報告 してい る.そ の 後,わ が国では中村15)に...

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