FACIAL AESTHETICS IN ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY PATIENTS
Authors:
Maria Myrto Solomou, Dorothea Delaki, Milto Parpotta, Kleopatra Papapetrou, Dr. Panos Kessaris
Affiliation:
EUC - Department of OMS
Doi: 10.54936/haoms242p26
ABSTRACT:
Objectives: SHow does Orthognathic surgery approach the facial aesthetics? Is it true that the functional rehabilitation after orthognathic surgery promotes the improvement of facial aesthetic proportions as well?
Materials – Methods: STO analysis (Surgical Treatment Objective introduced by Professor Larry M. Wolford) was used in 54 patients with dentofacial deformities who underwent surgical orthognathic corrections from year 2000 till 2011 in Private Hospitals of Athens Greece. Preoperative orthodontics were performed and a small period of postoperative Orthodontic treatment followed to achieve the optimal results.
Results: 28 Le Fort I osteotomies, 36 Bilateral Sagittal Split Mandibular Osteotomies and 13 genioplasties were performed correcting occlusal planes and multiple lateral cephalometric angulations. Upon digital measurements over the postoperative photos, the upper – middle – lower facial thirds , the results were compared with the average normal values of Caucasian males and females and were found to be acceptable. A short presentation over the ancient Greek and Da Vinci’s Renaissance rules will be mentioned along with a comparison with today’s craniofacial proportional values of Tessier.
Conclusions: The functional rehabilitation of patients with dentofacial deformities was always a major aim of Orthognathic surgery. The facial aesthetics though come along with this subject, and it becomes a standard of care for those patients. The long term clinical experience shows that the proper surgical correction brings these patients towards a phenomenal improvement of their aesthetic depiction as the soft tissues tend to follow the hard tissue – movements regarding maxillomandibular corrections.
KEY WORDS: facial aesthetics, orthognathic surgery, facial reconstruction
Authors:
Maria Myrto Solomou, Dorothea Delaki, Milto Parpotta, Kleopatra Papapetrou, Dr. Panos Kessaris
Affiliation:
EUC - Department of OMS
Doi: 10.54936/haoms242p26
ABSTRACT:
Objectives: SHow does Orthognathic surgery approach the facial aesthetics? Is it true that the functional rehabilitation after orthognathic surgery promotes the improvement of facial aesthetic proportions as well?
Materials – Methods: STO analysis (Surgical Treatment Objective introduced by Professor Larry M. Wolford) was used in 54 patients with dentofacial deformities who underwent surgical orthognathic corrections from year 2000 till 2011 in Private Hospitals of Athens Greece. Preoperative orthodontics were performed and a small period of postoperative Orthodontic treatment followed to achieve the optimal results.
Results: 28 Le Fort I osteotomies, 36 Bilateral Sagittal Split Mandibular Osteotomies and 13 genioplasties were performed correcting occlusal planes and multiple lateral cephalometric angulations. Upon digital measurements over the postoperative photos, the upper – middle – lower facial thirds , the results were compared with the average normal values of Caucasian males and females and were found to be acceptable. A short presentation over the ancient Greek and Da Vinci’s Renaissance rules will be mentioned along with a comparison with today’s craniofacial proportional values of Tessier.
Conclusions: The functional rehabilitation of patients with dentofacial deformities was always a major aim of Orthognathic surgery. The facial aesthetics though come along with this subject, and it becomes a standard of care for those patients. The long term clinical experience shows that the proper surgical correction brings these patients towards a phenomenal improvement of their aesthetic depiction as the soft tissues tend to follow the hard tissue – movements regarding maxillomandibular corrections.
KEY WORDS: facial aesthetics, orthognathic surgery, facial reconstruction