Your Best Option in Orthognathic Surgery
Orthognathic surgery is aimed at patients who need to correct severe defects in their facial bones that affect chewing, breathing and facial aesthetics. Some of the cases treated are: class II, class III, open bite, asymmetries, gummy smile…
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Orthognathic surgery aims to correct the size and position of the jaw bones that have not developed correctly, either by excess or defect. It is performed when the disproportion is so severe that it affects in a relevant -and negative- way the person’s life in terms of chewing, aesthetics or breathing.
To carry out the combined treatment, our orthodontist Dr. Daniel Hernández works in coordination with the maxillofacial surgeon who will perform the surgical intervention. Dr. Alberto Wintergerst – whose Medical Specialty is on Maxillofacial Surgery (orthognathic surgery) – can plan the treatment together with the regular orthodoncist who treats our patients or with our orthodontists which are recruited from the best class.
While orthodontics does not necessarily have to be accompanied by surgery, orthognathic surgery is always combined with orthodontic treatment. The reason for combining the two procedures is that if the facial bones are disproportionate in size and position, orthodontics alone would not achieve an optimal functional and esthetic result.
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The surgery lasts four hours and is performed under general anesthesia. In order not to leave visible scars, it is performed through intraoral incisions.
Once the surgery has been performed and the postoperative period is over, the patient will have to continue with orthodontic treatment for two more years.