Use of Ultrasonography and Face Scan in the Follow-up of Masseter Hypertrophy Management: Two Cases

Abstract

agnosis is completed through physical and imaging examinations. Over time, chronic clenching leads to hypertrophy of masseters causing a square appearance of face profile becuse of swelling that can be seen in the angular mandibular region of the face. Masseter muscle hypertrophy can be unilateral or bilateral but most commonly on the dominant side.1,2 The etiology of masseter hypertrophy includes several factors like emotional stress, chronic bruxism, masseteric hyperfunction, and parafunction.3-5 Muscle tumors, salivary gland disorders, and intrinsic masseter myopathy must be taken into account in differential diagnosis. Therefore, it is important to take an intentive clinical history and conducting physical examination as well as monitoring the region of interest by one of the several imaging methods such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) or ultrasonography (USG). Also, changes in masseter muscles during the management of hypertrophy can be monitored and measured easily via ultrasonography and face scan of CBCT devices. Correction procedures of masseter hypertrophy are often requested for esthetic reasons due to altered face profile. There are surgical and non-surgical methTurkiye Klinikleri J Dental Sci. 2020;26(3):521-7