The technological advances as well as great aesthetic expectations of patients in orthognathic surgery have made this procedure an increasingly demanding surgery. Today the patients not only demand functional results,…
This study describes a modification of the Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy (BSSO) described by Obwegeser-Dal Pont, using a caudal horizontal osteotomy, under the lingula. This osteotomy is done following the…
Introduction: Bilateral sagital split ramus osteotomy is the most frequent technique indicated for mandibular morphological correction in orthognatic surgery, fixed by different osteosynthesis methods. Proposed by Trauner and Obwegeser in…
Acromegaly is an infrequent, chronic and progressive disorder caused by hypersecretion of growth hormone by tumorous pituitary somatotroph cells that leads to disproportionate skeletal, tissue, and organ growth. Diagnosis is…
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma represent one type of lymphatic tissue malignant neoplasm. Current treatment of this pathology includes chemotherapy and radiotherapy of the affected fields. It is well-known that a bone injury…
Since it was introduced by Perthes in 1924 and with it’s different modifications (Obwegesser 1955, Dalpont 1961, Wolford 1985) through-out the years, the mandibular sagittal split osteotomy has been the…
Introduction: Segmental osteotomy is a surgical procedure of dentomucoalveolar or mucoalveolar flap movement to another position inside the maxilla. Objective: Case report of anterior segmental osteotomy in a patient with…
Aim: to evaluate the postoperative stability after maxillomandibular orthognathic surgery in different planes with regard to repositioning vector and magnitude as well as rotation of occlusal plane. Materials and methods:…
Masseteric hypertrophy is a relative common clinical finding in the general population. It may be associated with a parafunctional habit or occurs as an idiopathic entity. Temporalis muscle hypertrophy is…
Statement of the problem: We analyzed the functional and esthetic results after combining orthognathic surgery with L-shaped parietal bone graft rhinoplasty in patients with Binder’s syndrome. Materials and methods: 10…
