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Surgical Treatment of Micrognathia
450
ABSTRACTS OF CURREKT
LITERST1JRE
0. S., 0. M., & 0. I’.
April. 1957
ORAL SURGERY Traitement chirurgical d’une micrognathie (Surgical Treatment of Micrognathia) . A. Dupuis Ginestet, L. Merville, and E. Gorek. Rev. stonratol. 56: 834. 1955. III the case preserltecl, the Ileforulit?-
I~?gafr wl~en the i,atient was L’ years of age, al
which time there was an ankylosis of the trlllporonl:tn(liblllar joint. The patient was 25 years oltt when first seen at the hospital, *\ t t h a t t i m e , c-onsiderable micrognathia was noted, associated wit,h maxillary prognat,hia. ‘I’hrrc, w a s practicalI)- n o ocrlusion. -\t operation on April L’i, 1 9 5 5 , two pieces of iliac I~one abont IO cn~. 101~ an11 :! cm. witle were placed on the tower t)orcier of the man~liblr, 011ta 011 c~xch si8Ie a11d in closf~ vontavt w i t h bleetling l~one i n thci anterior part Ibut ,just ovrr !,ho llrl~io~trunl it, the posterior Itart. l~‘our months later, through an intraoral approach, the horizonrat ramus w a s c u t it1 t h r lirst molar area. The postc,rior part of the to\vvc~r jaw was locliell with a previoll?;ly I,IYpared splint pIace(l on t ht. upper jas,; 111~ a n t e r i o r par1 OF the ulan(lible ant1 chill \v:I~ pullc~l forwar w i t h elastic, traction for foul, ~I:+ys so as to get tettctr occlu*iorr atrtl aI,pearance. All the splinted parts of the ,jaw s were then wired together for two months. A t the e n d of t h a t tinlr t h e tmrle way heale:l alit1 tlllb
A Case of Intra-oral Prolapse of an Antral Polyp. J. H. Swallow. 13rit. Dent. .I. 101: :WT. 19.56. This article reports a cue inyvolving n paticlnt, agerl I!) years. WI10 tl:tll hall 111v “,‘]N” premolars and first molar on the right side trxtractetl. T h e antrum was opened when the first molar was remooetl. TllP worlll~l wai clost~ll Iy snl ur,‘. S i x werlis later the soc.ltrJt \Vas f o u n d infectetl ant1 was trc‘atetl with antibiotiC thrrap>- i1111i (lnit!. irrigatioll.~, ‘I’IIP Ijatient was ~lischarpe~l with no tavidence of a11 oroantral li+trlI:l. The p a t i e n t t h e n notic*etl t h a t N class h:r(l aI)penr~~l I o pro.je?t f r o m t h e tlealell sockets. On examination a pcdunc7~tatrtl ma+ I..? cn!. in Icangth and 1 cm. i n witlth. pj’o~rutletl from the first molar socket. It \VXC tot,ulatr(l an11 c+tr~t~rc~I w i t h l)right red mucosa. There was no sign of ulceration.
MALIGNANT ORAL TUMORS Beitrag zum
Problem:
Schweiz.
Monatschr.
ZahnLztliche Zahnh. 66:
Prothese u n d Mundhtihlen-Karzinom. 1224,
F.
Gasser.
1956.
The author describes a quamous-coII carcinoma of the mandible in a i6-year-o111 man. In his opinion, this has developed because of an irritation caused by the flange of h i s rlenture. This case, in caonnection with similar ones reported before (Spreng, hl., Gasser, F.. and Opikofer, E.: ZahnBrztl. Prothese untl MnndhGlen-Karzinom, Basel, 1949, RirkhLuser Terlag), is used by the author to tliscuss the possibility of the development of carcinoma from a medicotlental point of view, all11 t o p o i n t o u t w a g s t o avoicl mechanical irritation by prostheses. K . H. T .
ABSTRACTS OF CURREKT
LITERST1JRE
0. S., 0. M., & 0. I’.
April. 1957
ORAL SURGERY Traitement chirurgical d’une micrognathie (Surgical Treatment of Micrognathia) . A. Dupuis Ginestet, L. Merville, and E. Gorek. Rev. stonratol. 56: 834. 1955. III the case preserltecl, the Ileforulit?-
I~?gafr wl~en the i,atient was L’ years of age, al
which time there was an ankylosis of the trlllporonl:tn(liblllar joint. The patient was 25 years oltt when first seen at the hospital, *\ t t h a t t i m e , c-onsiderable micrognathia was noted, associated wit,h maxillary prognat,hia. ‘I’hrrc, w a s practicalI)- n o ocrlusion. -\t operation on April L’i, 1 9 5 5 , two pieces of iliac I~one abont IO cn~. 101~ an11 :! cm. witle were placed on the tower t)orcier of the man~liblr, 011ta 011 c~xch si8Ie a11d in closf~ vontavt w i t h bleetling l~one i n thci anterior part Ibut ,just ovrr !,ho llrl~io~trunl it, the posterior Itart. l~‘our months later, through an intraoral approach, the horizonrat ramus w a s c u t it1 t h r lirst molar area. The postc,rior part of the to\vvc~r jaw was locliell with a previoll?;ly I,IYpared splint pIace(l on t ht. upper jas,; 111~ a n t e r i o r par1 OF the ulan(lible ant1 chill \v:I~ pullc~l forwar w i t h elastic, traction for foul, ~I:+ys so as to get tettctr occlu*iorr atrtl aI,pearance. All the splinted parts of the ,jaw s were then wired together for two months. A t the e n d of t h a t tinlr t h e tmrle way heale:l alit1 tlllb
A Case of Intra-oral Prolapse of an Antral Polyp. J. H. Swallow. 13rit. Dent. .I. 101: :WT. 19.56. This article reports a cue inyvolving n paticlnt, agerl I!) years. WI10 tl:tll hall 111v “,‘]N” premolars and first molar on the right side trxtractetl. T h e antrum was opened when the first molar was remooetl. TllP worlll~l wai clost~ll Iy snl ur,‘. S i x werlis later the soc.ltrJt \Vas f o u n d infectetl ant1 was trc‘atetl with antibiotiC thrrap>- i1111i (lnit!. irrigatioll.~, ‘I’IIP Ijatient was ~lischarpe~l with no tavidence of a11 oroantral li+trlI:l. The p a t i e n t t h e n notic*etl t h a t N class h:r(l aI)penr~~l I o pro.je?t f r o m t h e tlealell sockets. On examination a pcdunc7~tatrtl ma+ I..? cn!. in Icangth and 1 cm. i n witlth. pj’o~rutletl from the first molar socket. It \VXC tot,ulatr(l an11 c+tr~t~rc~I w i t h l)right red mucosa. There was no sign of ulceration.
MALIGNANT ORAL TUMORS Beitrag zum
Problem:
Schweiz.
Monatschr.
ZahnLztliche Zahnh. 66:
Prothese u n d Mundhtihlen-Karzinom. 1224,
F.
Gasser.
1956.
The author describes a quamous-coII carcinoma of the mandible in a i6-year-o111 man. In his opinion, this has developed because of an irritation caused by the flange of h i s rlenture. This case, in caonnection with similar ones reported before (Spreng, hl., Gasser, F.. and Opikofer, E.: ZahnBrztl. Prothese untl MnndhGlen-Karzinom, Basel, 1949, RirkhLuser Terlag), is used by the author to tliscuss the possibility of the development of carcinoma from a medicotlental point of view, all11 t o p o i n t o u t w a g s t o avoicl mechanical irritation by prostheses. K . H. T .