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Case Reports
. 2018 Sep;11(3):211-218.
doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1601861. Epub 2017 May 18.

Surgical Treatment of Posttraumatic Laterognathia: A Case Report and a Literature Review, Focused on the Effects of a Condylar Fracture on the Face

Felipe Ladeira Pereira  1   2 , Luísa de Marilac de Alencar Pinheiro  3 , Phelype Maia Araújo  3 , Letícia Liana Chihara  4 , Renato Luiz Maia Nogueira  5 , Eduardo Sant'Ana  4
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Surgical Treatment of Posttraumatic Laterognathia: A Case Report and a Literature Review, Focused on the Effects of a Condylar Fracture on the Face

Felipe Ladeira Pereira et al. Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr. 2018 Sep.

Abstract

Facial asymmetry, following early childhood condylar trauma, is a common complaint among patients who seek surgical treatment. G.D.M., a 27-year-old male patient, sought professional help to correct his cosmetic flaw, caused by a condylar fracture when he was 8-years-old. After the proper orthodontic treatment, he underwent a double jaw orthognathic surgery and, 9 months later, a second one to correct the remaining asymmetry. Two years after this second procedure, the patient is still under surveillance and has no complaints.

Keywords: condylar fracture; facial asymmetry; laterognathia; orthognathic surgery.

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Preoperative frontal view.
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Preoperative facial profile view.
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Preoperative intraoral right view.
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Preoperative intraoral frontal view.
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Preoperative intraoral left view.
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Preoperative 3D reconstruction cone beam computed tomographic scan, frontal view.
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Preoperative coronal cone beam computed tomographic scan showing the left deformed condyle.
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Preoperative panoramic X-ray.
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Postoperative 3D cone beam computed tomographic scan, after the first procedure.
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Intermediary intraoral right view.
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Intermediary intraoral frontal view.
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Intermediary intraoral left view.
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Postoperative frontal view after 2 years.
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Postoperative facial profile view after 2 years.
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Postoperative 3D cone beam computed tomographic scan, frontal view after 2 years.
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Postoperative panoramic X-ray after 2 years.
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Final intraoral right view.
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Final intraoral frontal view.
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Final intraoral left view.
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