• Medicina · Nov 2023

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    Current Trends in Orthognathic Surgery.

    • Domenick Zammit, Russell E Ettinger, Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, and Srinivas M Susarla.
    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC H3Z 1X3, Canada.
    • Medicina (Kaunas). 2023 Nov 30; 59 (12).

    AbstractOrthognathic surgery has evolved significantly over the past century. Osteotomies of the midface and mandible are contemporaneously used to perform independent or coordinated movements to address functional and aesthetic problems. Specific advances in the past twenty years include increasing fidelity with computer-assisted planning, the use of patient-specific fixation, expanding indications for management of upper airway obstruction, and shifts in orthodontic-surgical paradigms. This review article serves to highlight the contemporary practice of orthognathic surgery.

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