The key element in this surgical procedure is the split within the ramus to obtain good bony apposition of the condylar and body segments after the body segment has been repositioned (Fig 1).
https://www.ajodo.org/article/S0889-5406%2815%2900128-6/fulltext
The 1975 report from a study by the National Academy of Sciences estimated that as many as 5% of American adolescents might have a “handicapping malocclusion,” which we now call a dentofacial deformity.15
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About the same time, the U.S. Surgeon General and the World Health Organization called attention to quality-of-life outcomes being as important as “medical” outcomes. Clearly, orthognathic surgery patients benefitted from improved quality of life, and the change in quality of life outcomes as the medical criterion made “medical necessity” moot, but some, although fewer, carriers offer this today as a reason to deny claims. The current strategy of insurance carriers is quite effective in limiting outlays for orthognathic surgery.
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