The aim of this paper is to report the oral signs and symptoms of four patients with Kabuki syndrome. All had oral abnormalities affecting the palate, teeth, and/or lips, including wide spacing between the teeth, screwdriver-shaped upper incisors, hypodontia, delayed tooth eruption, narrow spacing in the upper canine area, large pulp chambers of the upper incisors and permanent molars, external...

Introduction: Advanced lip carcinomas can invade adjacent structures. Performing surgery for these cancers will lead to defects in this anatomically and functionally important area and will cause post-op difficulties such as drooling, speech alterations and aesthetic considerations, if not properly managed. Case Report: In this study, we will introduce a radial forearm free flap with palmari...

A real world automatic lip reading system must be able to cope with movement of the speaker’s head during operation. The observed mouth shape depends not only on the true shape of the mouth, but also the angle at which the mouth is viewed. As the speaker’s head moves and rotates the viewing angle changes. The resulting distortion can lead to inaccurate mouth measurement and incorrect phoneme re...

A real world automatic lip reading system must be able to cope with movement of the speaker's head during operation. The observed mouth shape depends not only on the true shape of the mouth, but also the angle at which the mouth is viewed. As the speaker's head moves and rotates the viewing angle changes. The resulting distortion can lead to inaccurate mouth measurement and incorrect phoneme re...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of pharyngeal flap surgery on subsequent facial growth in patients with cleft lip and/or palate. Pharyngeal flap surgery is used in such patients to partially obliterate the velopharyngeal port, reducing hypernasal speech. Thirty-four patients (18 with cleft palate only, 16 with unilateral cleft lip and palate) were selected from the longitud...

lipoid proteinosis is a rare hereditary metabolic disorder transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. it is characterized by the deposition of an amorphous hyaline-like material (glycoprotein) in the mucous membranes, skin and various internal organs. cryosurgery (n2o) was applied to remove and reshape the lip lesions in a case of this rare syndrome. the patient was a 24-year-old female. cryo...

Introduction: Soft tissue has a prominent role in diagnosis and treatment plan in orthodontics. Facial proportions are measurable on lateral cephalograms. The purpose of this study was to compare the means of the normal soft tissue proportions of babol people with the norms of Caucasians. Materials & Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 100 cases with normal occlusion and proportional facia...

lip, the appearances of which are reprefented in fig. 1. of the annexed plate. In the upper lip, under the noftrils, there were two fiffures, one third of an inch in width, which extended into the fojfa nafales, and were feparated from each other by a fmall roundifh protuberance (b. fig. 1.) conne&ed with the nofe, and fhorter than, either of the two portions of the divided lip. Behind this pro...

INTRODUCTION Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common type of lip and oral cavity cancers. In majority of cases it follows quite common course, and after the surgery it does not produce any harm. This case presents unusual and unexpected growth of upper lip squamous cell carcinoma with severe cosmetic problems, and possible health threats. CASE PRESENTATION A 46-year-old woman noticed on he...