Orthognathic Treatment of Skeletal Class III Malocclusion with Severe Facial Asymmetry
TURKISH JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS, vol.29, no.1, pp.22-26, 2016 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 29 Issue: 1
- Publication Date: 2016
- Doi Number: 10.5152/turkjorthod.2016.15-00025
- Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.22-26
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
A 26-year, 9-month-old woman had chief complaints of mandibular protrusion and facial asymmetry. Extraoral examination indicated mandibular deviation to the left side, severe facial asymmetry, and a concave profile. Because the patient had a vertical maxillary height difference and an occlusal plane cant together with maxillary retrusion, a differential downgraft and advancement surgery with Lefort I osteotomy was planned. To correct the facial asymmetry and mandibular protrusion, concurrent bilateral sagittal split osteotomy was performed. Double-jaw surgical procedures, including maxillary and mandibular movements, are effective in correcting severe facial asymmetry and skeletal Class III malocclusion.