This study examines the relationship between facial morphology and nasal respiration. Nasal resistance to expiratory airflow, average volume flow rate, and temporal characteristics of the respiratory cycle were measured for twenty-eight adults. Subjects were categorized as having (1) normal facial proportions with competent lips (n = 10), (2) normal facial proportions with incompetent lips (n =...

Exercise induced anaphylaxis and its subtype the Fooddependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis are uncommon and therefore under-diagnosed forms of physical allergy. Triggers include various degrees of exercise in combination with ingestion of specific food products. Treatment remains identical to that of Immunoglobulin Emediated allergic reactions. The presentation is commonly under diagnosed and ...

Background and Aim: The proportion of smile is a useful tool for creating geometric smiles which are a critical aspect in esthetic dentistry. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of lip line position on acceptable Recurring Esthetic Dental (RED) proportion among lay people. Materials and Methods: A photograph of pose smile of a young female was taken. The position of the lip was c...

This study sets out to examine the prevalence of malocclusion and habits in a group of children with cerebral palsy and to compare it with a control group of healthy children. The presence of an anterior open bite was statistically significantly higher in the cerebral palsied group. The presence of aposterior crossbite was not significantly different between the examined groups, as was the case...

In our original article we outlined the type of somato-psychosomatic feedback cycle occurring in panic attacks in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that F. Kummer has further elaborated in his correspondence. In fact, this type of feedback cycle is described in the most widely accepted theory of panic attacks and panic disorder in the physically healthy, the cognitive (or ‘‘catastrop...

background: lip carcinoma is a common cancer with a good prognosis and when patients refer early in the course of disease the results of treatment are acceptable. surgical procedures for reconstruction of lip defects are the use of remaining lip tissue, tissue from the opposite lip, adjacent cheek tissue, distant flaps and microvascular free flaps. the bitemporal (visor) flap is a regional flap...

cleft lip and cleft palate are one of the most frequent congenital anomalies worldwide. this study was conducted in order to measure the frequency of cleft lip and palate among live births in akbar abadi hospital. this is a descriptive study, dealing with 57526 cases of live birth out of 59477 medical files in akbar abadi hospital from 2004 to 2008. all the collected data were recorded in speci...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children with isolated cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P). METHODS The present prospective study was performed at a pediatric tertiary care centre. Consecutive patients evaluated at the cleft clinic from January 2011 to August 2013 were identified. Patients' families prospectively completed the Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire ...

OBJECTIVES The purposes of this study were (1) to identify possible differences in muscular and orofacial functions between children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and with primary snoring (PS); (2) to examine the standardized difference between normal values of myofunctional scores and those of subjects with OSA or PS; and (3) to identify the features associated with OSA. METHODS Partici...

We report a rare case of a large recurrent mucoepidermoid carcinoma (RMEC) in an 81-year-old female smoker, which has originated in the right nasal vestibule. The recurrent tumour was inadequately treated for 6 years. It was a slow-growing tumour for 3 years and then began to enlarge at a higher pace. In the next three years it has covered a large part of the face. The patient had refused any m...