title: Modified technique used for sagittal splitting of the mandible.
abstract: Sagittal osteotomy of the mandible is the most common orthognathic surgery procedure. The drawbacks of this technique are: nerve disturbance, the common formations of a pre-angular notch after mandibular advancement, and the impossibility of lowering the mandibular angle bicortically. The goal of the described technique is to maintain the basal mandibular edge and the internal valve in one single piece. This split prevents unsightly notches appearing after mandibular advancement and it moves down the mandibular angle during counterclockwise rotation and does not increase the intergonial distance. It is especially indicated for skeletal class II cases.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Hartmann, 26, Boulevard Victor Hugo, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Electronic address: thierry.loncle@wanadoo.fr.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Loncle
authors.affiliation: Clinique Hartmann, 26, Boulevard Victor Hugo, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bontemps
authors.affiliation: Clinique Hartmann, 26, Boulevard Victor Hugo, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bénaicha
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019186:Mandibular Advancement / Q000379:methods; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures / Q000145:classification / Q000379:methods; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort / Q000379:methods; D059229:Osteotomy, Sagittal Split Ramus / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Mandibular osteotomy; Mandibular sagittal splitting; Orthognathic surgery