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    Botulinum toxin-A injection into the anterior belly of the digastric muscle for the prevention of post-operative open bite in class II malocclusions: a case report and literature review

    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...

    Yei-** Kang, Bong Kuen Cha, Dong Soon Choi in Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive S… (2019)

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    Current status of the surgery-first approach (part I): concepts and orthodontic protocols

    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...

    Dong-Soon Choi, Umberto Garagiola in Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive S… (2019)

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    Aberrant growth of the anterior cranial base relevant to severe midface hypoplasia of Apert syndrome

    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...

    Bong Kuen Cha, Dong Soon Choi, In San Jang in Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive S… (2018)