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Orthognathic surgery (/ ˌ ɔːr θ ə ɡ ˈ n æ θ ɪ k /), also known as corrective jaw surgery or simply jaw surgery, is surgery designed to correct conditions of the jaw and lower face related to structure, growth, airway issues including sleep apnea, TMJ disorders, malocclusion problems primarily arising from skeletal disharmonies, and other orthodontic dental bite problems that cannot ...
The maxilla is a paired bone that forms a significant portion of the midface. It articulates with the frontal, zygomatic, palatine bone, and sphenoid bones. The Le Fort I segment, the portion of the maxilla mobilized during the osteotomy, receives its blood supply primarily from the ascending palatine artery (a branch of the facial artery) and the anterior branch of the ascending pharyngeal ...
Maxillomandibular advancement (MMA) or orthognathic surgery, also sometimes called bimaxillary advancement (Bi-Max), or maxillomandibular osteotomy (MMO), is a surgical procedure or sleep surgery which moves the upper jaw and the lower jaw forward.
Mandibular setback surgery is a surgical procedure performed along the occlusal plane to prevent bite opening on the anterior or posterior teeth and retract the lower jaw for both functional and aesthetic effects in patients with mandibular prognathism. [1] [2] It is an orthodontic surgery that is a form of reconstructive plastic surgery. [3]
Orthognathic (literally "straight jaw") reconstructive surgery, orthognathic surgery, maxillomandibular advancement, surgical correction of facial asymmetry. soft and hard tissue trauma of the oral and maxillofacial region (jaw fractures, cheek bone fractures, nasal fractures, LeFort fracture, skull fractures and eye socket fractures).
He is the chairman and head of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Lille Medical School. [1] Ferri is most known for his contributions to stomatology and maxillofacial surgery outcomes, with a special involvement in bone surgery (orthognathic surgery, bone reconstruction, TMJ prosthesis).
Detecting patients with dentofacial deformity by clinicians using an index is a new development in orthodontics and orthognathic surgery; Dr Anthony Ireland and his colleagues developed a new index called the index of orthognathic functional treatment need (IOFTN) that detects patients with the greatest need for orthognathic surgery as a part ...
After more than 20 years at UT Southwestern, Dr. Bell moved across town and became Professor of Surgery at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry from where he retired in 2002. Dr. Bell has written many textbooks on the subject of Orthognathic Surgery. He has written over 150 scientific papers, 5-+ book chapters and over 7 textbooks ...