편측성 하악골 왜소에 의한 비대칭 안모의 치험예

A case report of a surgical correction of the facial asymmetry with unilateral micrognathia

This is a case report and review of literature that deals with fadal asymmetry corrected by illiac bone graft and silastic implant. Patient, 24 years old female, had visited to treat the facial asymmetry. She hadn t complained the T.M.J. discomforts and masticatory disturbances. On the basis of clinical and radiographic examinations, she was diagnosed as a facial asymmetry with unilateral micrognathia. First, asymmetrical mandible was augmented by a illiac bone graft. After 3 months, Silastic was implanted to the opposite side to restore the depressed chin. Patient was satisfied with final esthetics by a bone graft and Silastic implant.