introduction: the effect of education on esthetic perception is still unclear. this study aims to compare the perception of smile esthetics, under various conditions, among general and specialist dentists. materials and methods: a photograph of a woman’s smile was digitally altered using a software image editing program. alterations were made tothe dental midline, anterior gingival display, buc...

Measurements were taken from 18 patients operated on for cleft lip and palate, aged 19 to 27 years, and 162 control subjects matched for sex, age, and ethnic group. Nine soft-tissue landmarks on the lips were digitized by a three-dimensional electromagnetic instrument. From the landmarks, several linear distances (mouth width, philtrum width, vermilion height of upper and lower lip, total vermi...

The localized cutaneous amyloidosis occurring on the upper lip of a 48-year-old man was surgically treated and aesthetically reconstructed with vermilion submucosal pedicle partial-thickness cross-lip flap. The reconstruction of the upper lip following the tumor resection or trauma with Abbe flap or its modified methods may not be always satisfactory because it leaves parallel scars extending t...

BACKGROUND Vermilion irregularities are common secondary deformities after cleft lip repair, regressed or resected hemangiomas, trauma and tumor surgeries. Vermilion deficiency attracts considerable attention and detracts from an otherwise excellent lip repair. Minor and moderate vermilion defects can be corrected with upper lip advancement, rotation flaps, tongue flaps or grafts. Major defects...

In this study we review vermilion reconstruction during the unilateral cleft lip repair. A serious of 15 cases with unilateral cleft lip either complete or in complete where treated using the lateral triangular vermilion flap technique to ensure vermilion augmentation resulted in good approximation of both medial and lateral sides.

H E evidence given in previous papers by the authors has led to the T hypothesis that individuals with the mutant eye color vermilion are deficient in two diffusible substances. These have been designated v+ and cn+ substances. It has been shown also that either one or both of these substances are necessary for the development of any one of several other mutant eye colors. The method of establi...

BACKGROUND Surgery for unilateral cleft lip repair has evolved over centuries. Many studies give detailed inside to this process of evolution of various techniques and their modifications. Objectives were to compare linear repair of Millard rotation advancement technique and triangular flap technique of Nordhoff, at vermilion in unilateral cleft lip repair. METHODS This cross-sectional analyt...

BACKGROUND No one technique of cleft lip repair consistently produces ideal aesthetic and functional results. This study was carried out in a developing, high-volume center. It compares outcomes attained using two different designs of skin incision used for primary closure of unilateral complete cleft lip and sought to identify the most appropriate technique for clefts of varying morphology. ...