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Directions for Optimal Healing after Orthognathic Surgery Rest and Nutritious Foods: Resting and eating nutritious foods are essential for healing to begin and progress normally. Soft foods are best to avoid injury to the surgical site. Keep food away from the surgical site. High calorie and high protein foods are ideal for the first…

What is surgical orthodontics? Sometimes, orthodontic treatment alone is not sufficient to correct serious bite problems, jaw growth abnormalities, and facial imbalances. In such cases, orthognathic surgery or surgical orthodontics may be required to reposition the jaw, thereby functionally improving the patient’s ability to chew, speak, and breathe and/or esthetically improving the facial appearance.…

TMJ Symptoms There are many TMJ symptoms that may arise from Temporomandibular Joint dysfunction, which is why many health care professionals will call the pathology “the great impostor.” Often times many of these TMJ symptoms will come in the form of everything from headaches to earaches and more. Some of the most common TMJ…

Maxillo-mandibular Advancement (MMA) or double jaw advancement is a procedure whereby the upper and lower jaws are surgically moved forward (Lefort 1 osteotomy of the maxilla & saggital split advancement of the mandible). The concept is that as the bones are surgically advanced the soft tissues of the tongue and palate are also moved…

TMJ Arthrocentesis What is Jaw Joint Arthrocentesis? TMJ / Jaw Joint Arthrocentesis (the washing out of the jaw joint space) is a procedure during which the jaw joint is washed out with sterile saline ± anti-inflammatory steroids, long-acting local anæsthetics, painkillers or collagen components. TMJ / Jaw Joint Arthrocentesis reduces jaw joint pain, improves…

MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AND THEIR ALGORITHMS RESPIRATORY LARYNGOSPASM Administer 100% oxygen Suction foreign material Push on chest, listen for air Attempt positive-pressure ventilation Administer succinylcholine (Anectine) 10 to 40mg IV BRONCHOSPASM Provide positive-pressure oxygen Provide Albuterol inhaler Administer Epinephrine 5 ml 1:10, 000 Solution (0.3-0.5 mg 1:1, 000 solution) EMESIS AND ASPIRATION Allow patient to…

OMS Resident Progression of Responsibilities Year Level/Chief Resident The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery chief resident is responsible for making certain that he attends all assignments, rotations, conferences, and lectures as assigned by the program Director. The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery chief resident is responsible’ for writing clearly and, legibly on all hospital official records.…

Double Jaw Surgery Introduction to the problem of sequencing bimaxillary surgery: With traditional bimaxillary surgery techniques, the LFI operation is done prior to the sagittal osteotomy. This sequencing began out of necessity with wire fixation in the early 1970’s. With wire fixation the maxilla was easily stabilized and the mandible was then moved to…

7 Step Cephalometric Treatment Plan correct Mx incisor axial inclination: (female 56.8 ± 2.5 degrees) (male 57.8 ± 3.0 degrees) to Mx occlusal plane correct Md incisor axial inclination: (female 64.3 ± 3.2 degrees) (male 64.0 ± 4.0 degrees) to Md occlusal plane autorotate Md to 3.2 mm incisor overbite when the following occurs…

A problem often arises in the application of cephalometric pre-surgical planning to clinical reality in orthognathic surgical cases. Basically, the problem arises from the fact that that cephalometric planning works too simply. Without this appreciation of the situation, it is easy to be misled when examining and planning changes to the maxillofacial skeleton based…