TY - JOUR
T1 - Computerized skeletal scintigraphy for assessment of mandibular asymmetry
AU - Cisneros, George J.
AU - Kaban, Leonard B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Presented in part at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Su;geons, Atlanta, Georgia, October 22-25, 1982. Suuuorted in Dart bv NIH Research Fellowship 5F32-DE05243-i)2 and by the Brigham Surgical Group Foundation, Inc.
PY - 1984/8
Y1 - 1984/8
N2 - Normal standards of technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) uptake in the jaws of adults and growing children have previously been established. This study utilizes the technique of skeletal scintigraphy for diagnosis and treatment planning in 21 patients with mandibular asymmetry. Diagnoses included hemifacial microsomia (n = 6), condylar hyper or hypoplasia (n = 10), and generalized mandibular asymmetry (n = 5). 99mTc-MDP uptake was measured in the right and left condyle, ramus, and body. Uptake was then compared with the known age-adjusted standards. The data were used to determine 1) mandibular growth activity, 2) normal vs. abnormal side, and 3) the effects of operative and functional therapy. The presence of end stage deformity was predicted when mandibular uptake reached the adult norm.
AB - Normal standards of technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) uptake in the jaws of adults and growing children have previously been established. This study utilizes the technique of skeletal scintigraphy for diagnosis and treatment planning in 21 patients with mandibular asymmetry. Diagnoses included hemifacial microsomia (n = 6), condylar hyper or hypoplasia (n = 10), and generalized mandibular asymmetry (n = 5). 99mTc-MDP uptake was measured in the right and left condyle, ramus, and body. Uptake was then compared with the known age-adjusted standards. The data were used to determine 1) mandibular growth activity, 2) normal vs. abnormal side, and 3) the effects of operative and functional therapy. The presence of end stage deformity was predicted when mandibular uptake reached the adult norm.
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U2 - 10.1016/0278-2391(84)90010-7
DO - 10.1016/0278-2391(84)90010-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 6234385
AN - SCOPUS:0021131955
SN - 0278-2391
VL - 42
SP - 513
EP - 520
JO - Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
JF - Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
IS - 8
ER -