Evaluation of preoperative orthodontic treatment from an orthognathic surgery view
YANG Ming-liang
Abstract：In recent years,digital techniques have been developing rapidly in orthognathic surgery and orthodontics fields.With the development of digital techniques,the use of digital points design,preoperative simulation,optical scanning,digital splint,and digital osteotomy guide have greatly increased in many fields.However,many orthodontic doctors only pay attention to teeth alignment without incorporating the concept of three dimensional contour and are not able to keep foresee results of subsequent surgical procedures,which increases the difficulty of orthognathic surgery,resulting in unsatisfactory esthetics of facial contour,and unsatisfactory physiological functional occlusion for patients.This paper explains how to guide preoperative orthodontics fron an orthognathic surgery view,and elicits that orthodontic doctors should plan with visions of great facial esthetics and physiological functional occlusion in mind,to avoid solely considering teeth alignment.
Keywords：digital techniquedento-maxillofacial deformityorthognathic surgerypreoperative orthodontic treatment
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 257-260 )