Soft-tissue manifestations of aesthetic defects of the jaws: diagnosis and treatment.
Treatment planning for patients with dentofacial deformities should include a skeletal and a soft-tissue analysis. This article collates and summarizes several different soft-tissue analyses. In addition, it correlates the anticipated soft-tissue profile changes with various skeletal and soft-tissue surgical procedures.
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Division of Plastic Surgery, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Akron.
D000328:Adult; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000601:surgery*; D004954:Esthetics; D006801:Humans; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*