Open AccessCongenital Maxillomandibular Syngnathia: Review of Literature and Proposed New Classification System
Author(s) -
Vijay Kumar,
Vidya Rattan,
Sachin Rai
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery/journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.293
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0974-942X
pISSN - 0972-8279
DOI - 10.1007/s12663-019-01308-8
Subject(s) - medicine , craniofacial , presentation (obstetrics) , synostosis , radiography , oral and maxillofacial surgery , orthodontics , dentistry , radiology , surgery , psychiatry
Maxillomandibular fusion (syngnathia) is a rare craniofacial anomaly. It occurs as either fibrous (synechiae) or bony (synostosis) fusion of jaw or fusion of mandible to zygoma, tuberosity, hard palate and temporal bone. There are several documentations delineating this condition but owing to its varying presentation, association with both intraoral and extraoral anomalies and syndromes, reviewing it has been as uphill task. The non-unanimous description of cases in the literature and the use of different nomenclatures make it difficult to classify this condition.