Current literature has argued that maxillo-mandibular advancement obtained in orthognathic surgery promotes improvement in air space, thus it is a therapeutic acceptable option for those patients which present dento-skeletal deformities. Providing an aesthetic and functional result, so many implications reflect in this surgical treatment, with that mutiples facial changes impact on personal and social life, bri...
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the response of treatment of central giant cell lesion to intralesional corticosteroid injections. Study Design: Review of articles indexed in PubMed on the topic between the years 1988 and 2011, and development of a descriptive meta-analysis of the results. Results: Sample of 41 patients primarily treated with intralesional corticosteroid injections was obtained...
A cirurgia ortognática (CO) é uma modalidade de tratamento consagrada na resolução dos casos de deformidades dento-faciais, porém seus movimentos esqueléticos provocam diversas alterações morfológicas e funcionais nos tecidos moles, oclusão dentária e via aérea. Objetivo: Avaliar as alterações volumétricas e área de maior constricção da via aérea superior posterior de pacientes submetidos à cirurgia de avanço m...