title: Orthognathic surgery for occlusal reconstruction of old malunited jaw fracture.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoo
authors.forename: Takahide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komori
authors.forename: Shungo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furudoi
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Chizu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tateishi
authors.forename: Kazunobu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashikawa
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tahara
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hanagaki
mesh_terms: 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