Self-correction of anterior openbite after glossectomy in a young rhesus monkey.
One monkey among several normal cohorts developed an openbite and a bizarre feeding pattern. Both disappeared spontaneously following a medial partial glossectomy.
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D000818:Animals; D005927:Glossectomy; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008260:Macroglossia / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000628:therapy*; D012074:Remission Induction; D013997:Time Factors; D014061:Tongue Habits