This paper describes an adult Saudi male patient who presented with a severe skeletal class II deformity. The case was managed with a combination of presurgical orthodontic treatment followed by a double jaw orthognathic surgery and then another phase of orthodontic treatment for final occlusal detailing. Extraction of the four first premolars was done during the presurgical orthodontic phase o...

“Surgery First Approach” (SFA) is a growing trend that provides an immediate facial change. The SFA protocol utilizes the dentoalveolar compensations as advantage to effect changes, which in conjunction with Regional Acceleratory Phenomenon enhances tooth movement thereby reducing total treatment duration. post-surgical orthodontic phase often complicated by rapid accelerated producing non-pred...

statement of the problem: due to shortage of icu beds in hospitals, knowing what kind of orthognathic surgery patients more need icu care after surgery would be important for surgeons and hospitals to prevent unnecessary icu bed reservation. purpose: the aim of the present study was to determine what kinds of orthognathic surgery patients would benefit more from icu care after surgery. material...