Treatment of anterior open bite with bimaxillary anterior segmental osteotomy and genioplasty
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
;
: 355-364, 2008.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-101898
ABSTRACT
Skeletal anterior open bite is a difficult problem to correct in orthodontic treatment. To treat adult patients who have skeletal anterior open bite, we considered two methods. Combination treatment of orthodontics & surgery and camouflage orthodontic treatment. In adults, treatment of severe skeletal anterior open bite consists mainly of surgically repositioning the maxilla or the mandible. However, camouflage therapy is often the treatment of choice for skeletal open bite patients who have mild to moderate skeletal discrepancies when growth modification is no longer possible. But excellent results generally require careful coordination of the orthodontic and surgical phases of treatment. This is a case report of a skeletal anterior open bite patients who were treated with orthodontic treatment and orthognathic surgery. First case was diagnosed as skeletal class I malocclusion & bimaxillary protrusion with anterior open bite, and finally treatment ended for removal of open bite with orthodontic procedure and bimaxillary anterior segmental osteotomy surgery. Second case was diagnosed as skeletal class II malocclusion with open bite & mandibular retrusion, and was treated with only camouflage orthodontics because she feared to have a surgery. In a regular follow up visit after debonding we proposed to the patient advanced genioplasty, and in her agreement her facial esthetics was improved through the surgery.
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Main subject:
Orthodontics
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Osteotomy
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Retrognathia
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Follow-Up Studies
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Open Bite
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Esthetics
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Orthognathic Surgery
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Genioplasty
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Malocclusion
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Mandible
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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