Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (대한악안면성형재건외과학회)
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TREATMENT OF FACIAL ASYMMETRY : REPORT OF 2 CASES

비대칭 안모의 치험 2례

  • Lee, Chul-Woo (Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun Univ.) ;
  • Yeo, Hwan-Ho (Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Young-Gyun (Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun Univ.) ;
  • Sul, In-Taek (Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun Univ.) ;
  • Hyun, Yong-Hyu (Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun Univ.)
  • 이철우 (조선대학교 부속치과병원 구강악안면외과학 교실) ;
  • 여환호 (조선대학교 부속치과병원 구강악안면외과학 교실) ;
  • 김영균 (조선대학교 부속치과병원 구강악안면외과학 교실) ;
  • 설인택 (조선대학교 부속치과병원 구강악안면외과학 교실) ;
  • 현용휴 (조선대학교 부속치과병원 구강악안면외과학 교실)
  • Published : 1992.12.31
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Abstract

Facial asymmetry can be most distressing for the young child and parents. It can cause functional problems as a result of malocclusion. Classification of facial asymmetry has not been yet well-organized because of its varieties on etiologic factors, involved sites and clinical expressions. Even though, we don't know its causes definitely. It is generally believed that problems with aberrant pattern of condylar growth are related to facial asymmetry. This is a case report on surgical correction of the patients who had severe facial asymmetry. One patient was diagnosed as condylar hyperplasia and the other was diagnosed as a condylar hypoplasia related to trauma. We performed a simultaneous two-jaw surgery, condylar shaving, inferior border ostectomy of affected mandible in the former case, and a simultaneous two-jaw surgery, reverse-L osteotomy and alloplastic implantation with $Biocoral^{TM}$ in the latter case. The postoperative results of the two cases were excellent functionally and esthetically.

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