0 relating to moving the position of the jaw (= either of the two bones in your body in which the teeth are held):
Patients with poor results may require major orthognathic surgery after facial growth has ceased in the late teens.
He also received his fellowship of orthognathic surgery and craniofacial syndromes from the same university in 2011.
Those who have more severe malocclusions may require orthodontic and sometimes surgical treatment (orthognathic surgery) to correct the problem.
Severe deformities may require additional procedures, such as pedicled temporal fascia flaps, cartilage grafts, bone grafts, orthognathic surgery, and bone distraction.
Orthognathic surgery may be required in extreme cases.
The main goals of orthognathic surgery are to achieve a correct bite, an aesthetic face and an enlarged airway.
Adult craniofacial surgery deals mostly with fractures and secondary surgeries (such as orbital reconstruction) along with orthognathic surgery.
The face is long and orthognathic, with a prominent chin, and also wide.
