Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate upper airway changes in patients with skeletal class II and class III malocclusion following orthognathic surgery. These patients underwent either bimaxillary…
Background and objectives: Designing of osteotomies requires meticulous planning and execution including thorough knowledge of art, craft, mathematics and surgical skills to achieve the desired objectives. Pioneer and contemporary maxillo-facial…
Besides functional improvement the aesthetic outcome is a major concerns of patients undergoing orthognatic surgeries. As a consequence the simulation of the soft-tissue development became a standard procedure in planning…
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of postoperative dexmedetomidine intravenous sedation after bimaxillary orthognathic surgery on postoperative care and hemodynamic parameters. Patient and methods: Patient admmited for bimaxillary orthognathic surgery (…
Insufficient interarch space due to the non replacement of extracted teeth leads to supraeruption of the opposing teeth which causes’ difficulty in prosthetic rehabilitation at a later date. The posterior…
Planning is the basis of success in orthognathic surgery, which consists of a series of sequential steps that allow the surgeon to propose a treatment plan. It is very important…
Introduction: Literature describes over 15 methods of operative treatment of OSAS, in the areas of upper and lower jaws. The upper jaw advancement improves the airway in the retropalatal region,…
Objective: The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the accuracy of repositioning of the maxilla during orthognathic surgery using Le Fort I osteotomy. Patients and methods: Forty-two patients…
The purpose of this study was evaluation of postoperative counterclockwise relapse of mandible after mandibular setback surgery depending on the amount of intraoperative rotational changes of the proximal segment 30…
The segmentation of the Le Fort I osteotomy is a surgical technique used for the correction of vertical and horizontal discrepancies. However one of its limitations is the presence of…
