title: Congenital alveolar adhesions.
abstract: We report an infant girl with congenital alveolar adhesions and a cleft palate. The mucosal bands were resected the day after birth. Stretching exercises of the mandible improved the range of movement at the temporomandibular joint. Two weeks of therapy were required before full mouth opening was possible. Previously reported patients and theories of embryogenesis are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kitano
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery