Evaluation of the Facelift Patient
Key points • Facelift surgery is unique in many ways and for 100 years has stood the test of time as the most dramatic, effective, predictable, and accepted cosmetic lower facial…
Forthcoming Issues
Forthcoming Issues September 2014 Syndromes of the Head and Neck Dean M. DeLuke, Editor March 2015 Diagnosis and Management of Neck Masses David E. Webb, Editor September 2015 Adjuncts for…
Contributors
Consulting Editor RICHARD H. HAUG, DDS Carolinas Center for Oral Health, Charlotte, North Carolina Editor LANDON D. MCLAIN, MD, DMD, FAACS McLain Surgical Arts, Huntsville, Alabama Editor LANDON D. MCLAIN,…
Syndromes with Unusual Dental Findings or Gingival Components
Papillon-Lefevre syndrome • Periodontal disease associated with Papillon-Lefevre syndrome (PLS) affects the primary and permanent dentition. • Keratosis of the palms and soles and the dorsal surfaces and other skin…
Chromosomal Syndromes
Key points • Chromosomal aneuploidies are caused by nondisjunction of chromosomes in meiosis or mitosis. • Down syndrome is caused by trisomy of chromosome 21. • Klinefelter and Turner syndromes…
Syndromes with Unusual Facies
Cornelia de Lange syndrome • Syndrome is a clinical diagnosis. • Many craniofacial abnormalities include synophrys, long philtrum, and cleft palate. • Limb malformations are seen in these patients, along…
Syndromes Affecting the Central Nervous System
Key points • Many syndromes affecting the central nervous system (CNS) demonstrate both intraoral signs as well as head and neck manifestations. • Their causes include, but are not limited…
Hamartoneoplastic Syndromes
Key points • Hamartomas are benign malformations presenting as an excess of normal tissue within the tissue of origin. • Although some syndromes show a clear genetic transmission, the underlying…
Clefting Syndromes
Key points • There are over 500 syndromes with clefting as part of the phenotype. • An understanding of sequence is needed to effectively manage patients with clefting disorders. •…
