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long face syndrome; skeletal open bite

Etiology: - childhood mouth breathing - decreased airway size due to edema or other obstruction Clinical manifestations: - excessively long lower face height Management: - reconstruction of midface, LeFort I for long face syndrome (after childhood)

General

syndrome developmental disorder

References

  1. Wikipedia: Longe face syndrome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_face_syndrome