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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | The role of orthodontics as an auxiliary tool to lip augmentation |
Other Titles: | Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia |
Authors: | Machado, Andre Wilson Lima Santos, Tarsila Carvalho dos Araújo, Telma Martins de Gandini Júnior, Luiz Gonzaga |
metadata.dc.creator: | Machado, Andre Wilson Lima Santos, Tarsila Carvalho dos Araújo, Telma Martins de Gandini Júnior, Luiz Gonzaga |
Abstract: | n recent years, facial esthetics excellence has become a major focus in health professional offices and for the public worldwide. Among the main concerns of the patients is lip augmentation, since it has been associated with beauty and youth. This procedure has been increasingly performed and studied by dermatologists and plastic surgeons. Although good outcomes for lip augmentation have been achieved with different techniques, literature shows several complications and collateral effects. This paper demonstrates, through two clinical cases, how Orthodontics may be an excellent tool to assist in lip augmentation, highlighting the need for an interdisciplinary approach to enhance a more effective strategy to achieve facial esthetics goals. |
Keywords: | Dermatology Esthetics Lip Lip products Orthodontics |
Publisher: | Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/6530 |
Issue Date: | Jul-2011 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina) |
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