Orthognathic surgery for occlusal reconstruction of old malunited jaw fracture.
Old malunited jaw fractures of nine patients who underwent orthognathic surgery for occlusal reconstruction were clinically evaluated. Early surgery on fractures of the jaw is the optimal treatment when due attention must be paid to occlusion. Since occlusal revision surgery subsequent to inaccurate diagnosis and inappropriate surgery is certainly very difficult and often unsuccessful, surgeons need to pay special attention to this situation.
Yokoo
Satoshi
S
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, and Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Japan. s.yokoo@hosp.kobe-u.ac.jp
Komori
Takahide
T
Furudoi
Shungo
S
Shibuya
Yasuyuki
Y
Tateishi
Chizu
C
Hashikawa
Kazunobu
K
Tahara
Shinya
S
Hanagaki
Hirofumi
H
D000328:Adult; D003769:Dental Occlusion, Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D017759:Fractures, Malunited / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007572:Jaw Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019186:Mandibular Advancement; D008338:Mandibular Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome