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Cacucci L, Ricci B, Moretti M, et al. Surgical Orthodontic Treatment of a Patient Affected by Type 1 Myotonic Dystrophy (Steinert Syndrome). Case Rep Dent. 2017;2017:7957961doi: 10.1155/2017/7957961.
Cacucci, L., Ricci, B., Moretti, M., Gasparini, G., Pelo, S., & Grippaudo, C. (2017). Surgical Orthodontic Treatment of a Patient Affected by Type 1 Myotonic Dystrophy (Steinert Syndrome). Case reports in dentistry, 20177957961. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/7957961
Cacucci, Laura, et al. "Surgical Orthodontic Treatment of a Patient Affected by Type 1 Myotonic Dystrophy (Steinert Syndrome)." Case reports in dentistry vol. 2017 (2017): 7957961. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/7957961
Cacucci L, Ricci B, Moretti M, Gasparini G, Pelo S, Grippaudo C. Surgical Orthodontic Treatment of a Patient Affected by Type 1 Myotonic Dystrophy (Steinert Syndrome). Case Rep Dent. 2017;2017:7957961. doi: 10.1155/2017/7957961. Epub 2017 May 31. PMID: 28642828; PMCID: PMC5469988.
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Case Rep Dent. 2017;2017:7957961. doi: 10.1155/2017/7957961. Epub 2017 May 31.

Surgical Orthodontic Treatment of a Patient Affected by Type 1 Myotonic Dystrophy (Steinert Syndrome).

Case reports in dentistry

Laura Cacucci, Beatrice Ricci, Maria Moretti, Giulio Gasparini, Sandro Pelo, Cristina Grippaudo

Affiliations

  1. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.

PMID: 28642828 PMCID: PMC5469988 DOI: 10.1155/2017/7957961

Abstract

Myotonic dystrophy, or Steinert's disease, is the most common form of muscular dystrophy that occurs in adults. This multisystemic form involves the skeletal muscles but affects also the eye, the endocrine system, the central nervous system, and the cardiac system. The weakness of the facial muscles causes a characteristic facial appearance frequently associated with malocclusions. Young people with myotonic dystrophy, who also have severe malocclusions, have bad oral functions such as chewing, breathing, and phonation. We present a case report of a 15-year-old boy with anterior open bite, upper and lower dental crowding, bilateral crossbite, and constriction of the upper jaw with a high and narrow palate. The patient's need was to improve his quality of life. Because of the severity of skeletal malocclusion, it was necessary to schedule a combined orthodontic and surgical therapy in order to achieve the highest aesthetic and functional result. Although therapy caused an improvement in patient's quality of life, the clinical management of the case was hard. The article shows a balance between costs and benefits of a therapy that challenges the nature of the main problem of the patient, and it is useful to identify the most appropriate course of treatment for similar cases.

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