3. Diagnosis and treatment planning forms the basis of successful treatment
planning.
Surgery-first orthognathic approach (SFOA) is fast becoming an accepted
modality as part of jaw surgery and involves meticulous treatment planning and
execution.
Emphasis is laid on the understanding and visualizing of the post-surgery
‘transitional occlusion’.
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11. SFOA utilizes the sudden surge of cyclical sequence of bone modelling and remodelling
events that ensues subsequent to osteotomy cuts made for the correction of jaw
deformity.
Buschang and colleagues observe that corticotomies hasten tooth movements because
the ‘surgical insult’ produces RAP, and greater the injury, the more the tooth
movement.
Liou et al. studied the postoperative changes in bone physiology and the
corresponding responses in the dentoalveolus in orthognathic surgery subjects.
Zingler et al. in their prospective cohort study evaluated biological changes using
GCF markers
12. In order to take cognizance of the dentofacial structures and their posed
complexities, orthodontists expend a plethora of 3D techniques and modalities,
such as
3D facial morphometrics,
3D non-contact laser scan
3D cone beam computed tomography (CBCT),
Stereolithography
3D ultrasound holography
Finite element modelling,