Dental Surgery and Insurance Guide

Orthognathic surgery combines jaw or maxillofacial surgery with orthodontics. This surgery is designed to correct the misalignment of jaw in order to fit both of jaw together in a proper manner. It is ideal for those who are in need to improve their incorrect bite for ease of chewing. Facial distortions, such as cleft palate, underbite, overbite, crossbite, TMJ and misplaced jaws can be corrected by taking the help of orthognathic surgery.

It is popularly used for correct positioning of malocclusions of the teeth and to correct gummy smile, the condition where large areas of gums get visible when people smiles. Orthognathic jaw surgery corrects and prevents TMJ disease. TMJ is a temporomandibular, or jaw joint disorder that pains when affected people moves their jaws, ligaments, nerves and contiguous muscles. Patients who are suffering from such problem easily get relief when TMJ can’t be treated itself by orthodontics and combines with Orthognathic surgery to correct the abnormality of jaws to make teeth working properly.

Surgery on the upper jaw and lower jaw are known as maxillary osteotomy and mandibular osteotomy respectively. A patient can go for the surgery one or both simultaneously to facilitate correction of the alignment of the upper jaw and lower jaw and to improve the proper working of both jaws. In this surgery incisions are made inside the mouth that there is no external scars are visible.

The surgery is particularly used for treating dental problems that cannot be treated with only treatment of orthodontics. In the whole process of surgery surgeons generally makes many incisions and cut the bones to re-aligned and later on held in the place by using screws and plates. Orthognathic surgery is done by the specialist of oral, maxillofacial or craniofacial surgery and assisted and aided by an orthodontist who aligns and straightens the teeth. To provide the perfect placement braces are often placed before and after the surgery.