Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3153291 | Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 2015 | 18 Pages |
Abstract
In orthognathic surgery, it is important to have a planned postoperative occlusion. A 3-dimensional preoperative simulation, based on 3-dimensional optically scanned occlusion data, can predict how the planned postoperative occlusion will affect the maxilla-mandibular relationship that results from orthognathic surgery. In this study we modified the planned postoperative occlusion, based on computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing–engineered preoperative surgical simulations. This modification made it possible to resolve the facial asymmetry of the patient successfully with a simple bilateral intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy and no additional maxillary or mandibular surgery.
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Authors
Sang-Hoon Kang, Moon-Key Kim, Tae-Kwon You, Ji-Yeon Lee,