Assessment, documentation, and treatment of a developing facial asymmetry following early childhood injury

Prepubertal trauma is often implicated as the cause of asymmetric growth of the mandible. A series of photographs taken before and after early childho od injury to the orofacial complex illustrates the development of a three-d imensional dentofacial deformity in a patient, The diagnosis and combined s urgical orthodontic treatment plan to correct the facial asymmetry and malo cclusion are discussed.