Objective. To compare the cutaneous lip height at early and late postoperative periods and to objectively determine the average amount of lip height improvement during the first year of unilateral complete cleft lip repair using Cutting extended Mohler technique. Methods. In this prospective cohort study, 26 unilateral complete cleft patients and 50 noncleft subjects were included. Photographs ...

PURPOSE In this article, a new method of upper lip augmentation using a bilateral buccal fat pad flap is reported. This prospective study evaluated the changes in the upper lip that occur after maxillary surgery with concomitant mobilization of the bilateral buccal fat to improve upper lip projection. MATERIALS AND METHODS A bilateral pedicled buccal fat pad flap to fill the premaxilla, paran...

The purpose of this study was to determine the upper lip by Holdaway’s method in individuals with bimaxillary proclination and to find out correlations of skeletal convexity at point A & maxillary incisor inclination with upper lip inclination and upper lip strain. Lateral cephalograms of 100 patients (50 males and 50 females) exhibiting bimaxillary dental proclination were exposed in closed li...

The aims of this study were to analyse lip line heights and age effects in an adult male population during spontaneous smiling, speech, and tooth display in the natural rest position and to determine whether lip line height follows a consistent pattern during these different functions. The sample consisted of 122 randomly selected male participants from three age cohorts (20-25 years, 35-40 yea...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare nostril height, width, collumelar length, interalar distance and nostril symetry between unilateral complete cleft lip/palate patients undergoing nasoalveolar moulding (NAM) and incomplete cleft lip patients/palate with no need of presurgical moulding before and after cheiloplasty with primary nasal correction. Our study group included 18 patients...

BACKGROUND Reconstruction of extensive lower lip defects is challenging, and functional outcomes are difficult to achieve. METHODS A modified bilateral neurovascular cheek (MBNC) flap has been described. The data of patients with cancer of the lower lip treated with wide excision and reconstructed with the MBNC flap in the Plastic Surgery Unit, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, from...

BACKGROUND The difficulties with airway management is the main reason for pediatric anesthesia-related morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE To assess the value of modified Mallampati test, Upper-Lip-Bite test, thyromental distance and the ratio of height to thyromental distance to predict difficult intubation in pediatric patients. DESIGN Prospective analysis. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Data ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the validity of a manual cephalometric method used for predicting the post-operative soft tissue profiles of patients who underwent mandibular setback surgery and compare it to a computerized cephalometric prediction method (Dentofacial Planner). Lateral cephalograms of 18 adults with mandibular prognathism taken at the end of pre-surgical ortho...

median cleft is the midline cleft of the lip. it develops due to incomplete or failed fusion of the median nasal prominence. it can present with minimal deformities such as involvement of the vermilion border, or complex clefting of the midline structures and brain. median clefts are broadly classified as true and false clefts. this case report describes a rare case of median cleft of the upper...