Case Report: Three-dimensional characteristics of craniofacial morphology in facial asymmetry due to unilateral coronal synostosis.

ABSTRACT: This case report describes the three-dimensional (3D) craniofacial morphology of a patient with severe facial asymmetry caused by unilateral coronal synostosis. The patient was an 11-year-and-3-month-old girl at the time of the first examination. Facial photographs revealed upper facial deviation toward the right (affected) side and lower facial deviation toward the left (non-affected) side. The nasal bridge was bent toward the non-affected side, and the external canthus on the affected side was retracted superolaterally. The midline of the lower dentition deviated toward the non-affected side. Molar relationships were Class III on the affected side and Class I on the non-affected side. A virtual fusion model of the skull and dentition was reconstructed and analyzed using a 3D coordinate s

SUBMITTER: Fukunaga T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12605403 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature