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  1. Reconstructive surgery is often required for tumors of the oral and maxillofacial region, irrespective of whether they are benign or malignant, the area involved, and the tumor size. Recently, three-dimensiona...

    Authors: Masayuki Takano, Keisuke Sugahara, Masahide Koyachi, Kento Odaka, Satoru Matsunaga, Shinya Homma, Shinichi Abe, Akira Katakura and Takahiko Shibahara

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:43

    Content type: Case report

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  2. Botulinum toxin (BTX) is used in various ways such as temporarily resolving muscular problems in musculoskeletal temporomandibular disorders, inducing a decrease in bruxism through a change in muscular pattern...

    Authors: Kyung-Hwan Kwon, Kyung Su Shin, Sung Hee Yeon and Dae Gun Kwon

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:42

    Content type: Review

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  3. The purpose of this study is to discuss the total joint reconstruction surgery for a patient with recurrent ankylosis in bilateral temporomandibular joints (TMJs) using three-dimensional (3D) virtual surgical ...

    Authors: Seung-Hyun Rhee, Seung-Hak Baek, Sang-Hun Park, Jong-Cheol Kim, Chun-Gi Jeong and Jin-Young Choi

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:41

    Content type: Case report

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  4. The application of botulinum in oral and maxillofacial surgery begins in 1982, where Jan Carruthers started using it for reducing the muscle mass and smoothing the skin, and since then it has been used for cos...

    Authors: Kyung-Hwan Kwon, Kyung Su Shin, Sung Hee Yeon and Dae Gun Kwon

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:38

    Content type: Review

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  7. The purpose of this study was to measure the time of the conventional surgical planning (CSP) and virtual surgical planning (VSP) in orthognathic surgery and to compare them in terms of cost.

    Authors: Si-Yeon Park, Dae-Seok Hwang, Jae-Min Song and Uk-Kyu Kim

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:35

    Content type: Research

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  8. Through the analysis of clinical data, we attempted to investigate the etiology and determine the risk of severe iatrogenic lingual nerve injuries in the removal of the mandibular third molar.

    Authors: Itaru Tojyo, Takashi Nakanishi, Yukari Shintani, Kenjiro Okamoto, Yukihiro Hiraishi and Shigeyuki Fujita

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:40

    Content type: Research

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  9. To systematically review the literature for methods to localize the genial tubercle as a means for performing an advancement of the genioglossus muscle.

    Authors: Edward T. Chang, Yong-Dae Kwon, Junho Jung, Robson Capasso, Robert Riley, Stanley C. Liu and Macario Camacho

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:34

    Content type: Research

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  10. Radioiodine therapy has been widely used for thyroid disease patients, but hyposalivation and xerostomia may occur in 10~30% of patients. Sialocentesis is a procedure that removes inflammatory substances in th...

    Authors: Euy-Hyun Kim, Dong-Keon Lee, Chang-Woo Kim, In-Seok Song and Sang-Ho Jun

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:39

    Content type: Research

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  11. The concept of the ideal morphology for the alveolar bone form is an important element to reconstruct or restore the in maximizing esthetic profile and functional alveolar bone restoration. The purpose of this...

    Authors: Hyun-Jae Cho, Jae-Yun Jeon, Sung-Jin Ahn, Sung-Won Lee, Joo-Ryun Chung, Chang-Joo Park and Kyung-Gyun Hwang

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:33

    Content type: Research

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  12. Tooth extraction commonly leads to loss of residual alveolar ridge, thus compromising the room available for the implant placement. To combat the post-extraction alveolar loss, alveolar ridge preservation is p...

    Authors: Tarun Kumar AB, Chaitra N. T., Gayatri Divya PS, M. G. Triveni and Dhoom Singh Mehta

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:32

    Content type: Research

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  13. To test the hypothesis that in profile smiling view, for ideal aesthetics, a tangent to the labial face of the maxillary central incisor crowns should be approximately parallel to the true vertical line and th...

    Authors: Farhad B. Naini, Shaadi Manouchehri, Zaid B. Al-Bitar, Daljit S. Gill, Umberto Garagiola and David Wertheim

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:31

    Content type: Research

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  14. Reduction in postoperative complications is of vital considerations in impacted third molar teeth surgery. The aim of this study was to compare postoperative complications of impacted third molar surgeries for...

    Authors: Seied Omid Keyhan, Hamid Reza Fallahi, Behzad Cheshmi, Sajad Mokhtari, Dana Zandian and Parisa Yousefi

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:29

    Content type: Research

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  15. Advancements in the field of microvascular surgery and the widespread adoption of microvascular surgical techniques have made the use of osteocutaneous fibula free flaps the standard of care in the surgical ma...

    Authors: Santiago R. Gonzalez, Bradley Hobbs, Emre Vural and Mauricio A. Moreno

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:30

    Content type: Research

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  17. In the original publication of this article [1], the author wanted to correct the ‘XXX University Hospital’ in below two sentences. The ‘XXX University Hospital’ should be the ‘Hanyang University Hospital’.

    Authors: Ki-Hyun Jung, Seong-Su Ro, Seong-Won Lee, Jae-Yoon Jeon, Chang-Joo Park and Kyung-Gyun Hwang

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:28

    Content type: Correction

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    The original article was published in Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:25

  18. Implants are becoming the first choice of rehabilitation for tooth loss. Even though they have a high success rate, failures still occur for many reasons. The objective of this study is to analyze the reasons ...

    Authors: Dong-Woo Kang, So-Hyun Kim, Yong-Hoon Choi and Young-Kyun Kim

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:27

    Content type: Review

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  19. Brain abscess is a life-threatening condition that occurs due to complications during a neurosurgical procedure, direct cranial trauma, or the presence of local or distal infection. Infection in the oral cavit...

    Authors: Ki-Hyun Jung, Seong-Su Ro, Seong-Won Lee, Jae-Yoon Jeon, Chang-Joo Park and Kyung-Gyun Hwang

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:25

    Content type: Case report

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    The Correction to this article has been published in Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:28

  20. Conventionally, indirect radiography has been used to diagnose salivary gland diseases. However, with the development of sialendoscopy, diagnosis and treatment of salivary gland diseases have become more effec...

    Authors: Dong-Keon Lee, Euy-Hyun Kim, Chang-Woo Kim, Mong-Hun Kang, In-Seok Song and Sang-Ho Jun

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:24

    Content type: Case report

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  23. Treatment planning the correction of a transverse maxillary occlusal plane cant often involves a degree of qualitative “eyeballing”, with the attendant possibility of error in the estimated judgement. A simple...

    Authors: Farhad B. Naini, Ashraf Messiha and Daljit S. Gill

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:21

    Content type: Methodology

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  24. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of botulinum toxin A (BTX) injection into the anterior belly of the digastric muscle on a growing rat.

    Authors: Janghoon Ahn, Seong-Gon Kim, Min-Keun Kim, Insan Jang and Hyun Seok

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:20

    Content type: Research

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  25. The submucous cleft palate (SMCP) is a type of cleft palate that may result in velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI). Palate muscles completely separate oral and nasal cavities by closing off the velopharynx duri...

    Authors: Yun-Ha Park, Hyun-Jun Jo, In-Seok Hong, Dae-Ho Leem, Jin-A Baek and Seung-O Ko

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:19

    Content type: Case report

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  26. Class II malocclusion patients with hyperdivergent facial types are characterized by short mandibular body lengths and anterior open bite. Accordingly, the treatment for hyperdivergent skeletal class II malocc...

    Authors: Yei-Jin Kang, Bong Kuen Cha, Dong Soon Choi, In San Jang and Seong-Gon Kim

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:17

    Content type: Case report

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  27. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis during early childhood may lead to disturbances in growth and facial asymmetry and to serious difficulties in eating as well as in breathing during sleep. The purpose of...

    Authors: Min Woo Park, Mi Young Eo, Bo Yeon Seo, Truc Thi Hoang Nguyen and Soung Min Kim

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:18

    Content type: Research

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  28. Silk mats have been approved for clinical trials by the Korean Food and Drug Administration as membranes for guided tissue regeneration (GTR). In this study, silk mat application was compared to high-density p...

    Authors: Ju-Won Kim, You-Young Jo, Jwa-Young Kim, Ji-hyeon Oh, Byoung-Eun Yang and Seong-Gon Kim

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:16

    Content type: Research

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  29. Actinic cheilitis (AC) is a variant of actinic keratosis which is known to be a premalignant condition that could develop into squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Epimyoepithelial carcinoma (EC) is a very rare sali...

    Authors: Soung Min Kim, Hoon Myoung, Mi Young Eo, Yun Ju Cho and Suk Keun Lee

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:15

    Content type: Case report

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  30. Condylar dislocation can arise as a complication in patients who required mandibular and/or condylar reconstruction and were operated on with fibula free flap (FFF) using surgical guides designed using simulat...

    Authors: Sang-Hoon Kang, Sanghoon Lee and Woong Nam

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:14

    Content type: Case report

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  31. Maxillary sinusitis of odontogenic origin, also known as maxillary sinusitis of dental origin or odontogenic maxillary sinusitis (OMS), is a common disease in dental, otorhinolaryngologic, allergic, general, a...

    Authors: Soung Min Kim

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:13

    Content type: Review

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  32. Le Fort I osteotomy is one of the surgical procedures now routinely and safely performed. It is possible to move the maxilla in three dimensions, but it is necessary to separate the bones around the maxillary ...

    Authors: Masashi Iwamoto, Miki Watanabe, Masae Yamamoto, Masato Narita, Takashi Kamio, Takashi Takaki, Takahiko Shibahara and Akira Katakura

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:12

    Content type: Research

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  33. The “surgery-first” approach, defined as a team approach between surgeons and orthodontists for orthognathic surgery without preoperative orthodontic treatment, is aimed at dental decompensation. A brief histo...

    Authors: Dong-Soon Choi, Umberto Garagiola and Seong-Gon Kim

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:10

    Content type: Review

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  34. Botulinum toxin injection on the masticatory muscle induces the osteopenic condition on the ipsilateral condyle. Bisphosphonate suppresses bone resorption and is used to treat osteopenic or osteoporotic condit...

    Authors: Jae-Young Kim, Dae-Hoon Kim, Hyo-Won Jang, Kwang-Ho Park and Jong-Ki Huh

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:11

    Content type: Research

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  35. Resorbable devices have recently been adopted in the field of orthognathic surgery with controversies about their postoperative skeletal stability. Hence, we determined the long-term skeletal stability of unsi...

    Authors: Young-Wook Park, Hyun-Sik Kang and Jang-Ha Lee

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:8

    Content type: Research

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  36. There is no normative craniofacial anthropometric data for the Kenyan-African population. The purpose of this investigation was to determine normative anthropometric craniofacial measurements and proportional ...

    Authors: Saurab S. Virdi, David Wertheim and Farhad B. Naini

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:9

    Content type: Research

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  37. To introduce a novel technique for advancement genioplasty helping surgeons to avoid soft tissue difficulties especially in short-faced patients with deep mentolabial fold and everted lower lip.

    Authors: Seied Omid Keyhan, Behzad Cheshmi, Hamid Reza Fallahi, Mohammad Ali Asayesh and Tirbod Fattahi

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:7

    Content type: Methodology

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  38. The present study aimed to determine whether laypeople and professionals rate the facial appearance of individuals with repaired complete unilateral or bilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP, BCLP) similarly bas...

    Authors: Samar Alhayek, Mohammed Alsalem, Yazeed Alotaibi and Aamir Omair

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:5

    Content type: Research

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  39. Osteomyelitis is an intraosseous inflammatory disease characterized by progressive inflammatory osteoclasia and ossification. The use of quantitative analysis to assist interpretation of osteomyelitis is incre...

    Authors: Moo Soung Park, Mi Young Eo, Hoon Myoung, Soung Min Kim and Jong Ho Lee

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:6

    Content type: Research

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  40. The mandibular third molar (M3) is typically the last permanent tooth to erupt because of insufficient space and thick soft tissues covering its surface. Problems such as alveolar bone loss, development of a p...

    Authors: Eugene Kim, Mi Young Eo, Truc Thi Hoang Nguyen, Hoon Joo Yang, Hoon Myoung and Soung Min Kim

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 41:4

    Content type: Research

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  44. Coffee extract has been investigated by many authors, and many minor components of coffee are known, such as polyphenols, diterpenes (kahweol and cafestol), melanoidins, and trigonelline, to have anti-inflamma...

    Authors: Cheol Soo Yoon, Min Keun Kim, Yeon Sook Kim and Suk Keun Lee

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2018 40:44

    Content type: Research

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  45. Functional closure of the orbicularis oris muscle and esthetic reconstruction of nasolabial components are impossible in patients with severely deformed premaxilla. Here, we review a surgical strategy for pati...

    Authors: Young-Wook Park and Chan-Woo Kim

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2018 40:43

    Content type: Research

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  46. Free fibular flap is one of the most useful methods in the hard tissue reconstruction of the maxilla-mandible. Free fibular flap presents some advantages in which the reconstruction of both soft and hard tissu...

    Authors: Won-Hyuk Choi, Yong-Deok Kim, Jae-Min Song and Jae-Yeol Lee

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2018 40:41

    Content type: Case report

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  47. A 9-year-old male showed severe defects in midface structures, which resulted in maxillary hypoplasia, ocular hypertelorism, relative mandibular prognathism, and syndactyly. He had been diagnosed as having Ape...

    Authors: Bong Kuen Cha, Dong Soon Choi, In San Jang, Hyun Tae Yook, Seung Youp Lee, Sang Shin Lee and Suk Keun Lee

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2018 40:40

    Content type: Case report

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  48. Patients with chronic ITP (idiopathic thrombocytopenia) frequently do not require comprehensive medication for daily life. Usually, it had been regarded that postoperative bleeding after a simple or surgical e...

    Authors: Sung-Tak Lee, Jin-Wook Kim and Tae-Geon Kwon

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2018 40:39

    Content type: Case report

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  49. Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a benign bone lesion characterized by the progressive replacement of normal bone with fibro-osseous connective tissue. The maxilla is the most commonly affected area of facial bone, r...

    Authors: Miju Kang, Yu-jin Jee, Deok won Lee, Sang-pil Jung, Se-won Kim, Sunin Yang and Dong-mok Ryu

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2018 40:38

    Content type: Case report

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  50. Fractures of the orbital wall are mainly caused by traffic accidents, assaults, and falls and generally occur in men aged between 20 and 40 years. Complications that may occur after an orbital fracture include...

    Authors: Jae Jin Heo, Ji-Hun Chong, Jeong Joon Han, Seunggon Jung, Min-Suk Kook, Hee-Kyun Oh and Hong-Ju Park

    Citation: Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2018 40:42

    Content type: Case report

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