[Cephalometric analysis in the patients of TMJ ankylosis with OSAS: Skeletal morphology]
By cephalometric analysis of 18 normal men and 12 men who got TMJ ankylosis with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome(OSAS),the authors reported that there were cephalometric characteristics in the patients:the craniomaxillofacial bones displacement posteriorly and superiorly,and demonstrated that it is key to advance the patients' jaws and enlarge the upper airway space.
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Second Medical University. Shanghai 200011,China.
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Tiang
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Yuan
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