Sensory Re-Training Following Facial Surgery for Correction of Facial Skeletal Disharmony

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Mandibular Advancement

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether facial exercises in conjunction with opening exercises routinely provided after facial surgery to correct a facial skeletal disharmony will shorten the time until a patient receives no unpleasant or negative facial sensation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00078507

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

186

Starts

2001-12-01

Expected to finish

2007-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-02-03

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Developmental dentofacial disharmony
• Receives mandibular advancement by mandibular osteotomy with or without a maxillary procedure.

You may not qualify if…

• Congenital anomaly or acute trauma affecting the face.
• Previous facial surgery
• Pregnant at baseline
• Inability to follow written English instructions
• Unwilling to sign informed consent.
• No altered sensation at one week post-surgery
• Altered sensation at baseline reported as numbness or unusual feeling.
• Medical condition associated with systemic neuropathy.

Where it is running

• School of Dentistry — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
• University Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery — Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

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