title: Treatment of an adolescent with total ankyloglossia.
abstract: This is a report about the orthodontic treatment of a 13-year, 10-month-old boy with total ankyloglossia combined with a Class III occlusion. The patient's tongue was fixed to the floor of his mouth and could not be elevated at all. He had a maxillary deficiency and a mandibular protrusion with a negative overjet. However, he was able to retrude his mandible to an edge-to-edge position. Before orthodontic treatment, the ankyloglossia was surgically rectified. Orthodontic treatment was initiated to improve the patient's occlusion and facial appearance by correcting his retruded maxilla by means of a face mask, fixed appliances, and Class III elastics. This led to a functional occlusion and an acceptable facial appearance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey. nhamamci@dicle.edu.tr
authors.forename: Nihal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hamamci
authors.forename: Törün
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Özer
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hamamci
authors.forename: Emin Caner
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Tümen
authors.forename: Engin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ağaçkiran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000848:Anodontia / Q000628:therapy; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D003970:Diastema / Q000628:therapy; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005115:Extraoral Traction Appliances; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000628:therapy*; D008437:Maxilla / Q000002:abnormalities; D017090:Occlusal Splints; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011378:Prognathism / Q000628:therapy; D014059:Tongue / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014716:Vertical Dimension