All You Need to Know about Corrective Jaw Surgery
Posted on 1/23/2023 by Candice |
 Also known as orthognathic surgery, corrective jaw surgery is a procedure that involves moving the lower, upper, or both jawbones. As maxillofacial and oral surgeons, we perform this procedure to fix major and minor dental and skeletal irregularities. Such irregularities include misaligned teeth and jaws.
Corrective jaw surgery involves shortening, lengthening, moving in, out, up, or down jaws. Although the standard procedure can help correct functional problems, it can also change one's facial appearance. The surgery results in improved breathing, speaking, and chewing. It also improves periodontal health and sleep apnea. A team of medical specialists performs the complex procedure. They include oral surgeons, endodontists, dentists, periodontists, and orthodontists.
How Do I Know if I Need Corrective Jaw Surgery?
Most people who find this procedure helpful cannot bite appropriately because of misaligned jaws or teeth. Other people who immensely benefit from the surgery are patients with sleep apnea, a receding chin, a protruding jaw, those who experience frequent headaches and jaw joint pain, those who find it difficult to bite, chew, and swallow, and people who struggle to make their lips meet.
What Does the Procedure Involve?
We generally perform the procedure, which may take a few hours to complete, in hospitals while a patient is under anesthesia. It involves moving teeth and jaws into new positions. Some cases involve reshaping, adding, or taking away bone. Oral surgeons use rubber bands, wires, screws, and surgical plates to hold jaws in new positions.
For dentists to reduce detectable scarring in your teeth, it might be necessary to make small incisions inside or outside the mouth. Post-surgery care involves diet modification, avoidance of taking part in strenuous activities, and avoiding tobacco products. The healing period lasts from 6 weeks to 12 months. If you may benefit from corrective jaw surgery, schedule an appointment with one of our dentists.
Also known as orthognathic surgery, corrective jaw surgery is a procedure that involves moving the lower, upper, or both jawbones. As maxillofacial and oral surgeons, we perform this procedure to fix major and minor dental and skeletal irregularities. Such irregularities include misaligned teeth and jaws.
Corrective jaw surgery involves shortening, lengthening, moving in, out, up, or down jaws. Although the standard procedure can help correct functional problems, it can also change one's facial appearance. The surgery results in improved breathing, speaking, and chewing. It also improves periodontal health and sleep apnea. A team of medical specialists performs the complex procedure. They include oral surgeons, endodontists, dentists, periodontists, and orthodontists.
How Do I Know if I Need Corrective Jaw Surgery?
Most people who find this procedure helpful cannot bite appropriately because of misaligned jaws or teeth. Other people who immensely benefit from the surgery are patients with sleep apnea, a receding chin, a protruding jaw, those who experience frequent headaches and jaw joint pain, those who find it difficult to bite, chew, and swallow, and people who struggle to make their lips meet.
What Does the Procedure Involve?
We generally perform the procedure, which may take a few hours to complete, in hospitals while a patient is under anesthesia. It involves moving teeth and jaws into new positions. Some cases involve reshaping, adding, or taking away bone. Oral surgeons use rubber bands, wires, screws, and surgical plates to hold jaws in new positions.
For dentists to reduce detectable scarring in your teeth, it might be necessary to make small incisions inside or outside the mouth. Post-surgery care involves diet modification, avoidance of taking part in strenuous activities, and avoiding tobacco products. The healing period lasts from 6 weeks to 12 months. If you may benefit from corrective jaw surgery, schedule an appointment with one of our dentists.
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