舌大小二维超声成像测量分析方法的建立及其评价

目的：建立一种舌大小测量分析方法，为舌大小在错He发病中的作用研究奠定基础。方法：采用B超超声像方法取舌正中纵断面和横切面图像，选取代表舌大小的参数进行测量，从而分析舌大小。结果：通过对测量结果的可重复性和准确性检验。认为这一测量方法是准确可行的，结论：建立的舌大濒分析方法可以作为研究手段使用。     

上颌尖牙唇向错位34例临床矫治

为了对上颌尖牙唇向错位进行正确的矫治设计,作者根据错位的病因、X线头影测量结果,对34例上颌尖牙唇向错位病例,分别采用前牙片段方丝辅弓法,改良Richett's弓法,推磨牙向后法,拔除第2乳磨牙法,拔除第一双尖牙法,取得满意结果。作者认为在矫治上颌尖牙唇向错位时,应充分利用潜在间隙,根据X线头影测量结果及错位形成原因进行综合分析,选用最佳方法进行矫治。     

Major hematological diseases associated with cleft lip and palate.

OBJECTIVE: Cleft lip and palate is among the most common congenital anomalies. Its association with major blood disorders has rarely been reported. The purpose of this study was to report two patients who had major blood diseases associated with cleft lip and palate. PATIENTS AND RESULTS: From June 1995 to December 1997, there were 2700 patients with cleft lip, cleft palate, or both who received treatment at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. Two of them were found to have major hematological disorders. In both cases, the disorder was detected by preoperative blood cell counts and white cell differentiation. Case 1 was a 21-year-old woman patient with repaired right cleft lip. She was admitted for alveolar bone grafting and closure of oronasal fistula. Abnormal presentation of blast cells was found, and subsequent bone marrow study confirmed acute lymphocytic leukemia. Case 2 was a 26-year-old man with left secondary cleft lip nasal deformity scheduled to receive staged reconstructive operations. An elevated platelet count was found and subsequently confirmed to represent essential thrombocytosis. In both cases, reconstructive operations for the cleft-related deformities were performed. CONCLUSIONS: Association of major hematological disorders and cleft lip, palate, or both is rare and is reported herein.     

Aneurysmal bone cyst of the mandible--a case report

Aneurysmal bone cysts originating in the craniofacial region have seldom been reported in Taiwan. A case of aneurysmal bone cyst arising in the right mandible of a 15-year-old Chinese boy was presented with both the roentgenographic and microscopic findings. In view of the high recurrent rate and the large destructive mandibular lesion, segmental resection with immediate bone grafting for reconstruction and a conscientious follow up regimen was employed. The etiology and pathogenesis of this interesting lesion remained unclear but several theories were reviewed and the differential diagnosis of this lesion was also discussed. Furthermore, immunoperoxidase staining for Factor VIII related antigen was performed to help differentiate between the aneurysmal bone cyst and a central hemangioma and then to elucidate the pathogenesis of the former.     

Reliability of a facebow transfer procedure.

The three-dimensional orientation of a maxillary cast mounting from a simulated-kinematic facebow transfer was evaluated in multiple trials among three operators on a single subject. The anterior and posterior anatomic facial reference points were marked on the subject. Each operator performed a separate series of trials to reset the anterior facebow component, the two posterior facebow components, and a control series with no resetting of any facebow components relative to the subject. The x, y, and z coordinates of three reference points on the maxillary cast were determined with a machinist microscope relative to a fixed reference after each facebow transfer. A range of differences between mountings of the maxillary cast were found between trials with all three methods used. These mounting errors were due to setting of the instrument and would be expected in routine clinical use of this instrument.