Andy had a very distinct facial appearance, with a large mustache but apparently no chin at all (Fig 2). Nevertheless, he became instantly very popular, and a Sunday page was. *Professor and Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Sur-gery, University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA.

The “Andy Gump deformity” is a euphemism for an anterior mandibular defect that creates the appear-ance of an absent chin and lower lip and severely retrognathic lower jaw (Fig 1).

October 2009 represents the 50th anniversary of the last appearance of Andy Gump in newspapers. Because the deformity that was named after him is seen much less frequently today, owing to advances in reconstructive surgery (Fig 1), a number of generations of oral and maxillofacial surgeons have been (and in some cases gone) since Andy Gump's ...

Aug 21, 2017 · The “Andy Gump deformity” is a euphemism for an anterior mandibular defect that creates the appearance of an absent chin and lower lip and severely retrognathic lower jaw, which is named after a character in an early 20th-century comic strip [1].

Mar 1, 2010 · The "Andy Gump deformity" is a euphemism for an anterior mandibular defect that creates the appearance of an absent chin and lower lip and severely retrognathic lower jaw, which is named after...

In the first half of the twentieth century, ablative surgery for advanced oral cavity cancers requiring mandibulectomy frequently resulted in the so‐called “Andy Gump deformity.”

May 19, 2022 · Patients with Andy Gump deformity have the appearance of absent chin due to an anterior mandibular defect with an extremely retrognathic mandible. [1, 2] No report of congenital Andy Gump deformity is available to the best of our knowledge.

Physical examination reveals micrognathia (producing an "Andy Gump" appearance), cleft palate or other defects of the hard and soft palate, and various anomalies of the tongue, the most common being glossoptosis. The associated defects are discussed.

Download scientific diagram | The 'Andy Gump' deformity from publication: The extent of Patients’ Positivity, Appearance Adjustment and Quality of Life following treatment for Head and Neck...

Andy Gump appearance • Congenital, as seen in Pierre-Robin deformity and in otocephaly; in the latter, the mandibular hypoplasia and associated deformities are incompatible with extrauterine life. • Post-surgical—Resection of the upper mandible as part of aggressive surgery in cancer of the floor of the mouth.