The combined treatment of severe dentofacial deformities normally consists of at least three steps: The preand post-operative orthodontic treatment and the treatment between surgical correction. The accuracy of the surgical planning and especially the surgery itself are crucial for the duration of the postoperative orthodontic treatment. Main reason for the segmentation of the jaws is the accel...

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...

BACKGROUND Proper pre-operative facial analysis that includes a thorough evaluation of both the bony and soft tissue anatomy is paramount to success in performing aesthetic surgery of the face. Ethnic variations in soft tissue profile add an important variable to pre-operative facial analysis. The aim of our study was to determine the role of ethnic variations in soft tissue facial profiles th...

BACKGROUND The paradigm of tonsillectomy has shifted from a treatment of recurrent throat infection to one of multi-discipline management modalities of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). While tonsillectomy as a treatment for throat problems has been performed almost exclusively by otorhinolaryngologists, tonsillectomy as a part of the armamentarium for the multifactorial, multidisciplinary ther...