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..the following assessments: 1) oropharyngeal class according to the modified Mallampati criteria; 2) the new, upper lip bite criteria-class I = lower incisors can bite the upper lip above the vermilion line, class II = lower incisors ..

Accuracy of upper lip bite test (ULBT) has been compared with the Mallampati classification...

Upper lip bite test (ULBT) is a simple test for predicting difficult intubation. However, it has not been evaluated in acromegalic patients...

..using a hair-bearing temporoparietal fascial flap for reconstruction in 6 male patients with extensive upper lip and scalp defects, including a discussion of the surgical anatomy and technique...

Two cases of double lip malformation, an uncommon oral anomaly, are presented, and the factors involved in the development, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of these uncommon lesions are reviewed...

Defects of the lip and perioral area present a significant challenge for reconstructive surgeons. It is important to obtain results that are a success from the functional and aesthetic standpoint...

With the exception of the cleft lip, developmental defects (DD) of the lip are rare. The upper lip originates from the ectomesenchyme and is formed by the merging of the nasal medial and lateral processes with the maxillary process...

Congenital double lip is rare and usually involves the upper lip. Apart from a deformity that interferes with speech and mastication, operation may be indicated for cosmetic reasons...

Reconstruction of the lip and perioral region presents a myriad of problems, as deformities of this region can produce both aesthetic deformation and functional difficulties...

Congenital double lip is an uncommon developmental abnormality usually affecting the upper lip...

..The Upper-Lip-Bite test (ULBT) evaluated the patient's ability to reach or completely cover the upper lip with the lower incisors...

..to compare the preoperative anesthetic airway evaluation methods of the modified Mallamapti test (MMT) and upper lip bite test (ULBT) with the direct laryngoscopic views obtained during tracheal intubation...

To compare lip-split and visor flap approaches to the oral cavity in terms of morbidity, margins, and locoregional recurrence.

A double lip is an anomaly that may be either congenital or acquired. It occurs most often in the upper lip, although both upper and lower lips are occasionally involved...

..This flap can be used to repair upper lip defects of any thickness...

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Extensive composite mandibular defects involving large lip defects are the most difficult to repair among head and neck reconstructions...

..The risks and complications associated with tongue and lip piercings range from abnormal tooth wear and cracked tooth syndrome to gingival recession and systemic infections...

..aged 5 to 11 years and to study the relationship of these properties to some oral micro-organisms as well as to lip and oral mucosa dryness. The results showed a mean of resting and stimulated flow rate of 0.54 +/- 0.40 and 1...

..Here, we investigate the effects of lip luminance and colour contrast on the attractiveness and sex typicality (masculinity/femininity) of human faces...

The use of lip prints for human identification was first suggested in 1950 and research was carried out on lip prints in the 1960s and early 1970s, resuming in the last few years...

..The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to assess the prevalence of early and late complications associated with lip and tongue piercing in a population obtained from a nondental setting. Possible cofactors were evaluated.

..Different compositions of smokeless tobacco (ST) are widely thought to cause oral carcinoma at different rates but there is little direct evidence for this hypothesis...

b>Lip dimensions and their relation to the whole face have been discussed mainly in the dental literature. There have been few attempts to scientifically measure the degree of lip augmentation, regardless of method.

..three-dimensional (3D) analysis to characterize the primary facial deformities in children with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) and then serially analyze the relationships between facial deformities and maxillofacial growth ..

To evaluate the accuracy of the upper lip bite test (ULBT) in predicting difficult laryngoscopy.

..the Pax9 and Msx1 mutations and observed that double homozygous mutants exhibit an incompletely penetrant cleft lip phenotype...

Successful open repair of a cleft lip in utero has the advantage of scarless wound healing in the fetus. Unfortunately, no long-term outcome studies have been performed to evaluate the efficacy of these repairs...

..Most lip cancers remain localized and grow slowly, with a propensity for superficial rather than vertical spread...

The electromyographic activity (EMG) of the upper lip muscle (m. orbicularis oris) during sucking on a cigarette was examined as a potential new measure of smoking behaviour...

To localize the sites of HSV1 latency in mice after a primary infection induced by injection into the lip and to assess their connection to the eye.

The vertebrate upper lip forms from initially freely projecting maxillary, medial nasal, and lateral nasal prominences at the rostral and lateral boundaries of the primitive oral cavity...

..We followed, by magnetoencephalographic cortical dynamics, subjects who observed still pictures of lip forms, on-line imitated them, or made similar forms in a self-paced manner...

..functional counterparts, and these reveal in a way more suited to the data the important sources of variation in lip motion...

..occur during the course of development, the model was able to demonstrate motor-equivalent speech production under lip-restriction conditions...

..Splitting the lower lip in conjunction with a mandibulotomy offers excellent access to all areas of the mouth and pharynx, but this ..

..interstitial deletion of chromosome 1q[del(1q32----41)] was found to have, among other anomalies, congenital lower-lip pits...

..functional MRI, we investigated 14 upper limb amputees and seven healthy controls during the execution of hand and lip movements and imagined movements of the phantom limb or left hand...

Cleft lip and cleft palate are frequent human congenital malformations with a complex multifactorial etiology...

..The objective of this study was to demonstrate that the branchiooculo-facial (BOF) syndrome is a cervicocephalic neural crest maldevelopment...

This investigation was designed to describe the development of lip and jaw coordination during speech and to evaluate the potential influence of speech motor development on phonologic development...

..To analyse the occurrence and resolution of neurosensory disturbances following bone harvesting from the symphysis...

External surface of the lip has many elevations and depressions forming a characteristic pattern called lip prints, examination of which is referred to as cheiloscopy. This is unique for individuals like the finger prints...

..Evaluation of the effect of mime therapy, a novel therapy combining mime and physiotherapy, for patients with longstanding (at least 9 months) sequelae of unilateral peripheral facial paralysis...

..Reported incidences of altered sensation after placement of mandibular implants range from a low of 0% to almost 44%, making it difficult to advise subjects regarding risk...

..The present work evaluates and compares facial form at age six years in complete unilateral cleft lip and palate patients treated with presurgical orthopedic correction and primary reconstruction with (1) primary bone ..

..Results suggest that craniofacial surface data obtained by way of alternative 3D photogrammetric systems can be combined or compared statistically...

..profile was demonstrated by significant changes in the positions of Pog and pog, ANB angle, the distance from lower lip to esthetic line (E-L lip), and the BS index after surgery...

Cleft lip and palate patients often present maxillary retrusion and class III malocclusion after cleft repair. Maxillary distraction is a technique that can provide simultaneous skeletal advancement and expansion of soft tissue...

..uprighted and less protrusive upper and lower incisor, near normal interincisal angle (IIA), less protrusive upper lip, and more obtuse lower nasolabial angle (NLA) were related with group 3...

..The ratios of soft to hard tissue movements derived from this study would contribute to the database for planning prediction...

AIM: This retrospective study was designed to compare the responses of the upper and lower lip curves in young growing males, to orthodontic treatment involving either four premolar extractions or the holding of the E-spaces without ..

..CONCLUSION: Neither treatment method was more likely to result in a greater number of divine proportions, and the achievement of divine proportions seemed to have little, if any, influence on overall aesthetic outcomes...

Unilateral cleft lip and palate is the most common cleft in humans...

..evaluation of results, to compare the appearance of patients with a complete unilateral or bilateral cleft lip and palate prior to corrective surgery of their secondary deformity and following this intervention...

AIM: To assess the degree of facial symmetry in patients suffering from unilateral cleft lip, alveolus and palate (UCLAP) by determining differences between the cleft and the non-cleft hemifaces from 3D surface data...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of facial plaster casts and their suitability for 3-D mapping...

The aim of this study was to observe changes in the lip 1 year after performing a modified Millard cleft lip repair, by comparing the preoperative and 1-year follow-up appearance of the lip...

..To analyze anteroposterior soft tissue facial parameters for a sample of white Brazilian adults and to compare these measurements with the values proposed for white North American adults...

..To determine the changes in the position and area of nasal and labial soft tissues in adult skeletal Class III patients who underwent bimaxillary orthognathic surgery...

..This study showed that male chins are not absolutely more prominent than female chins, but only appear to be such because their labial sulci are deeper...

..To identify possible esthetic canons in facial size and shape of Italian adolescent boys and girls...

..facilitation (PNF), which is training with added resisted movement to motions such as lifting the upper lip, lowering the lower lip, and sticking out the tongue, to adapt the perioral muscles to the new morphological ..

..CLINICAL RELEVANCE: These articles cover the theoretical and clinical aspects of facial aesthetics required by clinicians involved in the treatment of dentofacial deformity...

..To evaluate longitudinally the cephalometric changes in the facial profile of young adults...

..This controlled trial cephalometrically compared soft profile changes during orthodontic treatment with a banded Herbst appliance against a control group...

..The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the cephalometric findings of patients with PLS...

..The aim of this study was to assess long-term changes in position of soft tissue landmarks following mandibular advancement and setback surgery...

..The purpose of the study was to compare sagittal growth of the facial skeleton of 6-year-old children treated in two cleft centres with different surgical protocols...

..To evaluate the validity and inter- and intraexaminer reliability when on-screen landmarks are digitized manually or when these are computer-assisted by means of a new cephalometric software feature...

PURPOSE: To examine the relationship between lip repair and inhibition of maxillary growth, and to investigate the characteristics of upper lip in patients with complete unilateral clefts of lip, alveolus and palate...

..To compare the effects of 3 molar distalization appliances, the intraoral bodily molar distalizer, the Keles slider, and the acrylic cervical occipital appliance, from the viewpoint of skeletal and soft tissue changes...

..The purpose of this study was to evaluate shape variability and sexual dimorphism of the soft-tissue outline by using morphometric methods...

..A subgroup, commonly called "central noma," is composed of defects of the upper lip, maxillary soft tissues, premaxilla, nasal cartilaginous infrastructure, and soft tissues...

..The goal of this retrospective study was to evaluate the horizontal and vertical facial soft tissue changes occurring after maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) surgery to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)...

To evaluate three-dimensional (3D) facial morphology in patients surgically corrected for unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) following pre-surgical nasoalveolar molding (NAM).

..Discrimination between skeletal Class I and Class III was easier than that between Class I and Class II. One of the reasons may be that the subclasses division I and division II were not distinguished within the Class II subjects...

..Balancing the position of the lips in relation to the nose and chin has a direct relationship with the patient's aesthetic preference...

..To further determine whether any variables related to upper and lower lip changes, regression analyses were performed...

..Positions of both the upper and lower lip changed significantly between the intermediate and oldest groups of both genders...

To evaluate morphological problems for children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP).

..01), nasal (N-Prn/TV: P < 0.01), nasal dorsum (N-Mn-Prn: P < 0.05), and mandibular contour (C-Me/G-Pg: P < 0.01). Wide individual variations in nasolabial and mentolabial angles were also observed...

..Except for the measurements of soft tissue chin thickness and basic upper lip thickness, all soft tissue measurements were similar to Holdaway norms...

..5 years); 10 patients with bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP, mean age 21.7 years); and 26 patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP, mean age 22...

..The aims of this study were to establish the cephalometric norms for Turkish adults by means of the Holdaway analysis and to investigate the cephalometric differences between Turkish women and men...

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..Ten angular measurements of facial form and seven linear and angular measurements of lip position were computed...

..from cephalometric radiographs is recognized as an important part of the assessment of treatment outcome in cleft lip and palate (CLP), and has previously been found to discriminate between groups better than conventional hard tissue ..

..The evidence also supports the concept that the tip of the upper incisors supports the lower lip. The actual length of facial tissues between selected landmarks in the midline did not change measurably following ..

..The Chinese dentition demonstrates greater bimaxillary-alveolar protrusion, with a decreased interincisal angle. The Chinese soft-tissue profile shows a less prominent nose, with a less obtuse nasolabial angle, and more protrusive lips...

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that maxillary growth and lower lip form in patients with van der Woude syndrome (VDW) is different from patients with non-syndromic cleft lip and palate...

There are numerous methods of repairing a cleft lip. In our institution, two methods have been used for primary lip repair, the triangular flap method, and the rotation-advancement plus small triangular flap method...

..in children with untreated isolated cleft palate (ICP) (cleft of the secondary palate only) at 2 and 22 months of age and comparison of the morphology and growth to that of a control group with unilateral incomplete cleft lip (UICL).

To describe the soft tissue profile of children with unilateral cleft lip and palate from profile photographs and assess the reliability of this method.

To determine whether palate height and maxillary arch depth are systematically related to the surgical center at which primary repair in unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) was carried out.

..Additional research with larger patient populations would be needed to confirm or refute these trends...

..To examine whether the treatment provided by the Mount Vernon Cleft Team produces craniofacial growth outcomes comparable with that of the Oslo Team...

..The study was limited by small numbers, particularly in the variations of normal and abnormal, but the trend toward normality after maturation suggests that reconstructive surgery should be delayed until this time...

..to nasion-Point B line, and mandibular incisor to mandibular plane), and soft tissue measurements (H angle, upper lip to E plane, and upper lip to Steiner S line)...

The aim of this study is to demonstrate a different manner of treating cleft lip nose by approaching the problem at its origin, the nasolabial gap...

..2. Determine the pharmacological activity of the combination of Lip-bortezomib with LPs-Sp1 siRNA or Lip-bortezomib with LPs-miR29b in AML cell lines and patient primary cells...

..This project will enroll children (ages 8-17) with cleft palate only (CPO) and cleft lip and palate and their caregivers who are evaluated at five renown craniofacial centers (two in the southeast and ..

..This project will enroll children (ages 8-17) with cleft palate only (CPO) and cleft lip and palate and their caregivers who are evaluated at five renown craniofacial centers (two in the southeast and ..

..This project will enroll children (ages 8-17) with cleft palate only (CPO) and cleft lip and palate and their caregivers who are evaluated at five renown craniofacial centers (two in the southeast and ..

..Regulated translation of the C/EBP2 mRNA produces both LAP, a transcriptional activator, and LIP a repressor. The LAP/LIP ratio plays a critical role in cell fate and metabolism...

..Regulated translation of the C/EBP2 mRNA produces both LAP, a transcriptional activator, and LIP a repressor. The LAP/LIP ratio plays a critical role in cell fate and metabolism...

..Regulated translation of the C/EBP2 mRNA produces both LAP, a transcriptional activator, and LIP a repressor. The LAP/LIP ratio plays a critical role in cell fate and metabolism...

..successfully conducted a multi-center, international study on the genetic etiology of oral clefts (including cleft lip, CL; cleft lip and palate, CLP; and cleft palate, CP) by recruiting cases from 5 sites (Maryland, Singapore, Taiwan,..

..successfully conducted a multi-center, international study on the genetic etiology of oral clefts (including cleft lip, CL;cleft lip and palate, CLP;and cleft palate, CP) by recruiting cases from 5 sites (Maryland, Singapore, Taiwan, ..

Cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) is a common birth defect with a complex ideology and large health burden. The effects of CL/P on birth outcomes such as low birth weight and prematurity have been understudied...

..Most work in this area has focused upon long-term potentiation and depression (LiP and LTD) of glutamatergic synapses...

..serious barriers in accessing current systems because of limited audio quality and limited sign language and lip reading capability...

Cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) is a common birth defect occurring in about 1/500 to 1/2500 births...

Cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) is a common birth defect occurring in about 1/500 to 1/2500 births...

Non-syndromic clefts of the lip and/or palate are among the most common malformations of the head and neck...

..SIDS, or a subset of SIDS, is due to a developmental abnormality in a ventral medullary network composed of rhombic lip-derived, serotonergic neurons, and this abnormality results in a failure of protective responses to life-..

..Encoded by an intronless gene, C/EBPB is expressed as several distinct protein isoforms (LAP1, LAP2 and LIP) whose expression is tightly regulated by the differential use of a number of in-frame translation start sites...

..funding cycle of this proposal the investigators applied these techniques to a common sentinel birth defect--cleft lip and palate...

..Expression of the C/EBP family members C/EBP beta-LIP and C/EBPzeta (CHOP), both dominant negative inhibitors of adipogenesis, increased with aging, as did preadipocyte ..

..To elucidate these steps we propose to: (1) Generate gene-disrupted mutants for tgs, fcr, fabp, fatp, cut and lip genes that may encode enzymes that could be involved in the storage and mobilization of lipids for successfully ..

DESCRIPTION: (from the abstract) The prevalence of cleft lip and palate in the United States is approximately 1 in 1000 live births (range of 0.7 to 1.3)...

The incidence of cleft lip/palate is 1/750, making it one of the most common congenital malformations...

Cleft lip and palate is a major health problem because of the functional defect produced. Furthermore, surgical reconstruction results in lip and palate scarring, which inhibits facial growth and oral function...

Clefts of the lip and/or palate are among the most common and easily diagnosed birth defects, and can provide a model for complex trait analysis...

..of lipase genes and their possible role in pathogenesis, a) Express and characterize the catalytic capabilities of lip gene products and determine whether disruption of specific lip genes will result in the absence of a specific class ..

..of lipase genes and their possible role in pathogenesis, a) Express and characterize the catalytic capabilities of lip gene products and determine whether disruption of specific lip genes will result in the absence of a specific class ..

..We propose five interrelated studies to investigate the effects of low ignition propensity (LIP) legislation on fire incidence, cigarette design, smoker behaviors, and toxin exposures...

..We propose five interrelated studies to investigate the effects of low ignition propensity (LIP) legislation on fire incidence, cigarette design, smoker behaviors, and toxin exposures...

Cleft lip and palate is a major health problem because of the functional defect produced. Furthermore, surgical reconstruction results in lip and palate scarring, which inhibits facial growth and oral function...

Cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) is a common birth defect. Previous studies have indicated that CL/P is a complex trait that is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors...