SURGICAL-ORTHODONTIC APPROACH TO TREATMENT OF DENTOFACIAL DEFORMITIES

We have reviewed the indications and available techniques for surgical-orthodontic rehabilitation of patients with various types of malformation of the jaws. These malformations include maldevelopment in the anteroposterior dimension, deviations from the midsagittal plane of the face, and open-bite deformities. Many of the techniques described have been developed or improved during the last decade and have made possible successful treatment of difficult problem cases of malocclusion, often with dramatic results in improving facial appearance. Such results are possible only when there is close surgical-orthodontic collaboration. © 1969.