INTRODUCTION This study aims to investigate the reasons that discourage the patients affected by OSAS to undergo orthognathic surgery and compares the postoperative discomfort of phase I (soft tissue surgery) and phase II (orthognathic surgery) procedures for treatment of OSAS. MATERIAL AND METHODS A pool of 46 patients affected by OSAS was divided into two groups: "surgery patients" who acce...

The aim of this paper was to propose a new method of bimaxillary orthognathic surgery planning and model surgery based on the concept of 6 degrees of freedom (DOF). A 22-year-old man with Class III malocclusion was referred to our clinic with complaints of facial deformity and chewing difficulty. To correct a prognathic mandible, facial asymmetry, flat occlusal plane angle, labioversion of the ...

Complications in orthognathic surgery may stem from occurrences at anyone of many time points during the course of the patient’s treatment: preoperative judgment and planning, perioperative orthodontic care, or intraoperatively. This article specifically addresses those complications that arise as a result of intraoperative technique. Such complications may broadly be characterized as airway, v...

BACKGROUND We describe a procedure for diagnosis and planning for orthognathic surgery based on international standards. A special 2D planning based on lateral cephalograms (Axis Orbital Marker Lines System) realize a transmission to the SAM 2P articulator (3D) by means of the Axis Orbital Plane. METHODS Former intraoperative measurement of the average height of the LeFort I osteotomy plane r...

INTRODUCTION Computer-assisted preoperative simulation surgery is employed to plan and interact with the 3D images during the orthognathic procedure. It is useful for positioning and fixation of maxilla by a plate. We report a case of maxillary retrusion by a bilateral cleft lip and palate, in which a 2-stage orthognathic procedure (maxillary advancement by distraction technique and mandibular ...

PURPOSE Autologous fat grafting is a useful adjunctive procedure to orthognathic surgery and may also confer anti-inflammatory properties. The purpose of this study is to answer the clinical question: among patients undergoing orthognathic operations, what are the effects of fat grafting on facial edema (magnitude, duration, and rate of decrease)? METHODS A retrospective cohort study was perf...

Objective: Orthognathic surgery is the applications performed to eliminate disorders in face and jaw structure of person regain normal functions teeth together with jaws. Upon increasing internet use, people reach first knowledge about these surgeries, where serious complications can be seen, through websites. It aimed assess Turkish texts released on orthognathic regarding toreadability conten...

The aim of this study was to assess to what extent adult Herbst treatment is an alternative to orthognathic surgery by comparing the dentoskeletal treatment effects in 46 adult Class II Division 1 subjects treated with a combined orthodontic-orthognathic surgery approach (mandibular sagittal split osteotomy without genioplasty) and 23 adult Class II Division 1 subjects treated with the Herbst a...

The aim of this prospective observational study was to investigate the parameter ‘hidden blood loss’ (HBL) in context orthognathic surgery, incorporating undetected bleeding volumes occurring intra- and postoperatively. Orthognathic were recorded at three different time points. At end operation visible intraoperative loss (VBL) measured. Additionally, perioperative calculated 24 h 48 postoperat...

The occurrence of postoperative complications after various orthognatic surgery procedures is rare but all of them might be life-threatening complications. We report a case of a 22-year old female patient who underwent a bimaxillary orthognathic surgery procedure and developed bilateral pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum.