Deformity Due to ‘Finger-Sucking’

Thumb and finger sucking.

Nasolabial angle in finger sucking patients

Correspondence to: Mayury Kuramae Rua Major Campos, 792Bairro Alto CEP: 18601-040 – Botucatu – SP Phone: (14)38823315 E-mail: [email protected] Abstract The purpose of this study is to analise the nasolabial angle and other cephalometric measurements that express the anteroposterior relationship of maxilla and mandibule in individuals with finger sucking habit. Thirty lateral cephalograms were ...

Nasal Deformity Due to Tuberculous Chondritis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a common disease worldwide. However, nasal TB is quite rare, and the diagnosis of nasal TB requires a high index of suspicion. The most common symptoms of this unusual presentation are nasal obstruction and nasal discharge. We present a case of nasal TB with involvement of the hard palate presenting with a chronically progressive nasal deformity and ulceration of the hard p...

Kirner's deformity of the little finger.

In 1927 Kirner described a condition of the little finger characterised by palmar and radial curving of the terminal phalanx. A number of papers since then have recorded further cases. Stahei, Clawson and Capps ( 1966) gave a summary of twenty-four cases reported up to that time and added two of their own. Kaufmann and Taillard (1961) reported the biopsy findings in one case, and Carstam and Ei...

A serial study of the effects of finger-sucking.

RTHODONTISTS have long been interested in the distorting effects of _J finger habits upon the denture. With little detailed study and with little collected evidence, clinicians have developed several, often contradictory, viewpoints about the probable and actual effects of these finger habits. Since finger habits are widely practiced by young children, for short or long periods of time, it is i...