fa Congenital Fusion of Maxilla and Mandible: A Case Report پریودنتولوژی Periodontology پژوهشي Research <p style="background-color: rgb(239, 243, 250)"><strong style="margin: 0px padding: 0px border: 0px"><i style="margin: 0px padding: 0px border: 0px">Objective: </i></strong>Congenital fusion of jaws is a rare disorder which is observed in infants and cab ne syndromic and non-syndromic. Limited mouth opening in patients can affect the child growth and cause difficulties in feeding, swallowing and breathing.</p><p style="background-color: rgb(239, 243, 250)"> <strong style="margin: 0px padding: 0px border: 0px"><i style="margin: 0px padding: 0px border: 0px"> Case: </i></strong>A In this study, a female infant from Afghanistan, settled in Qom referred to AlZahra maternity with upper and lower fusion jaws is reported. According to clinical and laboratory examinations, infant had no other disorders except the above said disease, and her jaw fusion was non-syndromic.</p><strong style="margin: 0px padding: 0px border: 0px font-size: 11px line-height: 24.2000007629395px background-color: rgb(239, 243, 250)"><i style="margin: 0px padding: 0px border: 0px">Conclusion: </i></strong><span style="font-size: 11px line-height: 24.2000007629395px background-color: rgb(239, 243, 250)">Treatment of this disease in early stages not only is easier, but also can be effective in terms of child’s growth and feeding because in most cases TMJ ankylosis occurs due to the lack of mobility and loss of function which leads to difficulties in oral operations.</span><hr><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed"><b>Source: </b>Journal of Dental School Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left direction: ltr unicode-bidi: embed"><a href="http://jds.sbmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_id=1380&sid=1&slc_lang=en" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">Full Text</font></a></p> Ankylosis, Blind Nasal intubation method, Congenital, Jaw fusion, 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-2953&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Mohammad Mehdizadeh 100319475328460013728 100319475328460013728 No Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, BabolUniversity of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. Bardia Vadiati Saberi 100319475328460013729 100319475328460013729 No Dept. of Periodontology, Dental School, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan, Iran. Shaghayegh Noori Bayat sh.nooribayat@mubabol.ac.ir 100319475328460013730 100319475328460013730 Yes Dept. of Periodontology, Dental School, Babol University of Medical Sciences, babol, Iran Mohammad Hossein Pishvaei 100319475328460013731 100319475328460013731 No