MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY is the specialty dedicated to the study, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of congenital and acquired diseases of the skull, face, head and neck, oral cavity and jaws (including the dentition). Surgeons diagnose and treat a variety of pathological entities of the face and oral cavity, including, among others, the extraction of third molars, oral cysts and tumors, bone repositioning of the jaws, placement of osseointegrated implants and many other complex procedures.

What is Orthognathic Surgery: It is a surgical intervention that is responsible for correcting dento-cranio-maxillofacial deformities to achieve the perfect balance between all the patient's facial features and restoring both their anatomical and functional proportions. This type of facial alterations appear during the person's growth phase and stabilize at the end of the growth phase.

Orthognathic surgery maintains a close relationship with orthodontics. Thus, the correction of dento-cranio-maxillofacial deformities is always a team effort between the orthodontist and the maxillofacial surgeon. In the conventional treatment scheme, orthodontics-orthognathic surgery-orthodontics, the mission of presurgical orthodontics is to eliminate existing dental compensations and provide the surgeon with a stable and adequate structure between the upper and lower arches to be able to carry out the planned skeletal movements. . For its part, post-surgical orthodontics is essential to establish adequate final occlusion. During the treatment of a case susceptible to orthognathic surgery, both professionals, maxillofacial surgeon and orthodontist, ensure that they know the essential aspects of diagnosis and treatment. Furthermore, they must fully agree on the proposed treatment and how it is carried out so that the patient accepts it with full confidence.

The type of orthognathic surgery will depend specifically on the state of the problem and the objectives of each individual patient. Orthognathic surgery to correct mandibular protrusion: This is a type of orthognathic surgery that is resorted to when the problem is especially related to depression of the upper jaw. In such a way, orthognathic surgery will be especially dedicated to treating this part without having to modify or alter the lower jaw. Orthognathic surgery to correct mandibular retrusion: As its name indicates, it is an orthognathic surgery that is applied in cases in which retrusion of the jaw occurs. In this, the aim is to treat the jaw to achieve its advancement. Orthognathic Surgery for deformity in the palate or lips: This is a type of surgery that is performed especially in patients who are going through their childhood, especially because it is a type of problem that can generally be visualized already from First years of life. Orthognathic surgery to correct an open jaw: The surgery corrects an open jaw, especially aimed at getting the teeth to come together properly. Sometimes, it is necessary to intervene on the lower jaw by modifying its shape. Orthognathic surgery for mandibular asymmetry: Generally, mandibular asymmetry is corrected through orthodontics. However, in cases where this is not enough, orthognathic surgery is resorted to to modify one of the jaws that is causing the problem.

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