Seventeen-year follow-up of a patient with median cleft of the lower lip, mandible, and tongue with flexion contracture: a case report.
OBJECTIVE
We present a 17-year follow-up of an unusual patient with median cleft of the lower lip, mandible, and tongue with a flexion contracture.


CONCLUSIONS
Timing of the mandibular reconstruction needs to take into account growth of the mandible and masticatory function. In this case, fixation of the mandible performed at the age of 6 years 6 months and reconstruction carried out at 7 years 8 months of age resulted in satisfactory occlusion and masticatory function.
Ishii
Masatoshi
M
Oral Surgery, Oral Restitution, and Oral Health Science, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. ishii.osur@tmd.ac.jp
Ishii
Yoshimasa
Y
Moriyama
Takashi
T
Enomoto
Shoji
S
Ono
Toaki
T
Ohyama
Kimie
K
Kuroda
Takayuki
T
D001860:Bone Plates; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D003286:Contracture / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007569:Jaw Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D019248:Jaw Fixation Techniques; D008046:Lip / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D014059:Tongue / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery