Lowering of the floor of the mouth: open or closed?
Trauner's (1952) open and Brown's (1953) closed method of lowering of the floor of the mouth are compared. Discomfort and other side effects were the same for both procedures, but Trauners method scores considerably better in the long term result.
D006801:Humans; D009060:Mouth Floor / Q000601:surgery*; D009132:Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D014727:Vestibuloplasty / Q000379:methods*