
KCI등재
학술저널
Multidisciplinary correction of anterior open bite relapse and upper airway obstruction
- Antonio Gracco Alessandro Perri Laura Siviero Giulio Alessandri Bonetti Francesco Cocilovo Edoardo Stellini
- 대한치과교정학회
- The Korean Journal of Orthodontics
- 제45권 제1호
- 등재여부 : KCI등재
- 2015.01
- 47 - 56 (10 pages)
A 27-year-old man presented an anterior open bite relapse. He had low tongue posture positioned anteriorly at rest and during swallowing and reported chronic difficulty in nose breathing. Head cone-beam computed tomography revealed nasal septum deviation, right turbinate hypertrophy, and left maxillary sinus congestion, which were thought to contribute to the breathing problem, encourage the improper tongue posture, and thereby cause the relapse. Multidisciplinary treatment involving an otorhinolaryngologist, an orthodontist, and a periodontist resolved the upper airway obstruction and corrected the malocclusion. The follow-up examination after 3 years 5 months demonstrated stable results. [Korean J Orthod 2015;45(1):47-56]