Category: custom facial implants | orthognathic surgery

Biomechanical Analysis of Midface Projection Correction – Implant-Based Augmentation vs. Orthognathic Advancement

Midface retrusion may be corrected through either skeletal augmentation (implant-based reconstruction) or skeletal repositioning (orthognathic advancement). Although both approaches can increase midfacial projection, they differ fundamentally in biomechanical mechanism, load transmission, soft tissue response, and occlusal impact. Analyzing the structural, functional, and biomechanical distinctions between these two strategies allows for good clinical decision making in Read More…

The Facial Rejuvenative Effects of Bimaxillary Surgery

Facial aging is a gradual process that is largely the descent of the soft tissues due to increasing laxity and loss of some of their bony attachments. There is also a component of facial bone loss which affects soft tissue support. Most anti-aging facial surgeries are about resuspending and/or removal of loose soft tissues. (e.g. Read More…

OR Snapshots – Premaxillary Osteotomy for Anterior Upper Jaw Protrusion

Orthognathic surgery is a well known type of bone procedures that move the upper and lower jaws to improve one’s bite (occlusion) as well as improve jaw relationships to the face. It is done on the upper and lower jaws with the mainstay procedures of a LeFort I osteotomy (upper jaw) and sagittal split ramus Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Non-Orthodontic LeFort 1 Advancement

Background: Treatment of a midface deficiency is most commonly done by moving the upper jaw forward. Done by making a horizontal bone cut just above the roots of the teeth, the upper jaw is brought forward into a new horizontal position. This well known facial bone procedure is the LeFort I osteotomy and has Read More…