This disease is one peculiarly liable to occur in the period of infancy and childhood, inasmuch as by far the larger proportion of recorded cases have been observed at an early period of life. Of a number of cases recorded by Dr Allin, fully one-half were under ten years.1 The symptoms and general course of the disease, as well as its etiology, have been fully described and are familiar to all ...

Introduction: Concern has been raised that premolar extraction reduces arch length and diminishes space for the tongue, thus forcing the tongue to be retro-positioned. There is speculation that this retro-position of the tongue reduces pharyngeal space leading to breathing problems, notably obstructive sleep apnea. There is little evidence that retracting teeth into extraction spaces changes ai...

Surgical treatment for retro-lingual obstruction in patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea syndrome remains a problem for which there is no simple solution. The techniques most in use (tongue suspension, genioglossal advancement with hyoid suspension) are effective primarily as stabilization methods modifying neither tongue position, nor volume and only produce appreciable results when...