Does skeletal surgery for asymmetric mandibular prognathism influence the soft tissue contour and thickness?
Asymmetric mandibular prognathism accompanied the 3-dimensional soft tissue contour and thickness asymmetry. Because the soft tissue responds favorably after skeletal surgery, the correction of 3-dimensional asymmetry of bone should be emphasized in patients with asymmetric mandibular prognathism.
The presence of heart-M protein cross-reactive T-cell clones in rheumatic heart lesions suggests their direct involvement in the pathogenesis of this disease. The dissection of protective and pathogenic epitopes of streptococcal M protein is an important step in allowing the development of a safe anti-streptococcal synthetic vaccine.