Can orthognathic surgery and osteotomy be done together? What's the difference? This article will explain it to you clearly. After all, the risks of this operation are too high. If you don't ask clearly, no one dares to do so, right?

The difference between orthognathic surgery and osteotomy is to improve the front and side

In fact, orthognathic surgery is obviously different from surgery. Although they are plastic surgery to improve facial contour, the corresponding indications are different. The specific differences are as follows:

1. Different parts to be improved:

Normal conditions Lower orthognathic surgery mainly improves the problems of mouth bulge and teeth , after completion, the front mouth will have obvious changes, Osteotomy is mainly to improve the mandibular angle and other parts After completion, the change of side face will be more obvious.

2. Different surgical methods:

Although orthognathic surgery and osteotomy are both oral incisions The orthognathic surgery is mainly to correct the malocclusion of the maxillary and mandibular midline , and Osteotomy is to remove the redundant bone after removing the redundant bone corner In order to achieve the goal of thin face.

In fact, the difference between orthognathic surgery and osteotomy lies in these two points. From a comprehensive point of view, both of these operations belong to facial contour plastic surgery, but from the implementation point of view, the differences between the two are still very large, which can be distinguished before surgery.

Whether orthognathic surgery and osteotomy should be performed together depends on the specific conditions of the face

Generally speaking, only orthognathic or osteotomy can improve facial lines, but there are also special facial shapes that require two operations to achieve the desired purpose, such as:

The bucktooth face, generally speaking, has prominent upper and lower mandibles, which are too wide. In view of this situation, orthognathic surgery is needed. In orthognathic surgery, mandibular angle can be reshaped with mandibular correction incision, which can improve two problems.

This is usually the only one Bucktooth face needs orthognathic and mandibular angle osteotomy together Other facial shapes can be improved more or less through surgery. Of course, if you are not satisfied after osteotomy, you can go face to face to see if orthognathic surgery is needed.

The above information is about orthognathic surgery and osteotomy. Here's a little Both orthognathic surgery and osteotomy should be performed in a hospital with Grade IV plastic surgery qualification, and the surgery requires general anesthesia The risk is high, so you should understand clearly before choosing a hospital.