title: [A preliminary cephalometric study on characters of facial soft tissue in mandibular asymmetry cases]
abstract: OBJECTIVE: To study the alterations of facial soft tissue in mandibular asymmetry cases.METHODS:The asymmetric rates of the bone were compared with that of soft tissue by cephalometric analysis in 20 mandibular asymmetry cases by study on the thickness of the soft tissue in special position.RESULTS:It showed that the soft tissue is more symmetric than the bones.CONCLUSION:It can be concluded that the facial soft tissue is not as asymmetric as the bone.This suggests that the reconstrction of the bony deformities and the soft tissue deformities should not be performed at same time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Second Medical University. Shanghai 200011  China.
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Tang