The anterior belly of diagastric is highly variable. Variation in anterior belly is most common amongst the submental region variations. We observed 6 such variations in the anterior belly of diagastric among 15 cadavers dissected (40%). Unilateral and bilateral variations were seen in equal number of cases. Accessory belly frequently cross midline and attached over the mylohyoid muscle. Knowle...

A 13 year old boy was referred to the oral and maxillofacial Clinic for an 8 month history of sublingual swelling. The father of the boy stated that the swelling noticed for few months as painless slowly growing mass under his tongue and below his chin. In meanwhile, the patient denied any other symptoms. Physical examination showed a soft, compressible midline sublingual and submental swelling...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to present the feasibility of reconstructing an inferior orbital rim and cheek defect with a pedicled osteomyocutaneous submental flap. METHOD A 77-year-old women with a right nasosinusal adenoid cystic carcinoma invading soft tissues and skin of the cheek, the inferior rim of the orbit, the hard palate, and the middle turbinate is presented. A right r...

BACKGROUND Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a fairly common tumor of the oral cavity. This tumor may affect any part of the mucosa of the oral cavity especially the tongue, the floor of the mouth and lips. The encountered intra-oral defects after tumor resection are often large and require climbing up the reconstruction ladder to more complex reconstructive options for accepted functional and c...

Purpose: Large defects resulting from surgical excision of oral cancer require various kinds of flap to reconstruct the defect. Therefore the aim of this study is to assess the application potentials of submental island flap in lingual cancer. Methods: Over the 3 years, submental island flap has been studied in a 13 cases of lingual cancer patients and follow-up was accordingly done. The sites,...

BACKGROUND Deoxycholic acid (DCA) is approved for improvement in the appearance of moderate to severe convexity or fullness associated with submental fat. OBJECTIVE To assess early treatment experience with DCA injection in a clinical practice setting. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this single-center, prospective, single-arm, observational study, 100 consecutive patients seeking to decrease subm...

BACKGROUND A clear differential diagnosis between oral and pharyngeal dysphagia remains an unsolved problem. Disorders of the oral cavity are frequently overlooked when dysphagia/odybophagia complaints are assessed. Surface electromyographic (sEMG) studies were performed on randomly assigned patients with oral and pharyngeal pathology to evaluate their dysphagia complaints for the sake of diffe...

Movement of the mandible could influence pharyngeal airway caliber because the mandible is attached to the tongue and to muscles that insert on the hyoid bone. In normal subjects and patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) we measured jaw position during sleep with strain gauges, as well as masseter and submental electromyograms, airflow, esophageal pressure, oximetry, electroencephalograms...