Monahan R, Seder K, Patel P, Alder M, Grud S, O'Gara M
Division of Radiology, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois, Shriners Hospital for Children, Chicago, USA.
J Am Dent Assoc. 2001 Oct;132(10):1402-8. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.2001.0055.
Three percent of all newborns have significant structural anomalies. Hemifacial microsomia, or HFM, is the second most common facial anomaly, second only to cleft lip and palate. New therapeutic and clinical management techniques offer promising interventions that can allow many patients to have more normal childhoods at earlier ages.
Due to a unilateral deficiency of the mandible and lower face, patients who have HFM have specific dental needs that require restorative, orthodontic and surgical correction.
Oral and maxillofacial malformations present diagnostic and treatment challenges unique to the dental profession. The etiology, diagnosis and treatment modalities discussed in this article can be used to help effectively rehabilitate patients who have HFM.
所有新生儿中有3%患有严重的结构异常。半侧颜面短小畸形（Hemifacial microsomia，简称HFM）是第二常见的面部畸形，仅次于唇腭裂。新的治疗和临床管理技术提供了有前景的干预措施，可使许多患者在更早的年龄拥有更正常的童年。
由于下颌骨和下面部的单侧发育不全，患有HFM的患者有特定的牙科需求，需要进行修复、正畸和外科矫正。
口腔颌面畸形给牙科专业带来了独特的诊断和治疗挑战。本文讨论的病因、诊断和治疗方式可用于帮助有效康复患有HFM的患者。
