Dentofacial deformities Flashcards
What percent of individuals that have malocclusion are attributed to facial deformities?
2.7%
What direction is normal growth of the face?
-Downwaard and forward with lateral expansion
What two types of radiographs are essential when determining orthognathic surgery?
- Cephalometric
- Panoramic
T/F Any non-restorable teeth should be extracted before surgical intervention
True
The general rule is delay surgery until growth is complete in patients with problems of excess growth. What is a condition of excess growth?
-Mandibular prognathism
What is mandibular hypoplasia? When can you do surgery on these individuals?
- Growth deficiency
- earlier
What is the advantage of computer digitalized analysis?
-More accurate prediction of facial change
What are the disadvantages of computer digitalized analysis?
- Limited to two dimensional prediction
- Inability of computer to predict accurately every surgical change for every patient
- Adds cost
What was one of the earliest dentofacial deformities treated?
-Mandibular excess
How can you treat mandibular excess?
- Body ostectomy
- Anterior mandibular subapical osteotomy
- Vertical Ramus Osteotomy
What are three ways to do a vertical ramus osteotomy?
- Extra-oral approach
- Intra-oral approach
- Rigid fixation
What was the revolutionized way to treat mandibular deficiency?
-Bilateral sagittal split ramus osteotomy
Where does the cut go on a sagittal split osteotomy?
- Medial aspect via horizontal osteotomy
- Lateral aspect via vertical osteotomy
Besides the sagittal split osteotomy what other ways can you use to advance the mandible?
- Total subapical osteotomy
- Genioplasty (inferior border osteotomy
- Alloplastic chin implants
What three directions might excess maxillary growth occur?
- Anterior posterior
- Vertical
- Transverse
What are the facial characteristics with vertical maxillary excess?
- Elongation of face
- Narrow nose
- Excessive incisal and gingival exposure
- Lip incompetence
What type of bite is vertical maxillary excess frequently associated with?
-Anterior open bite caused by excess downward growth of MX that causes downward rotation of Md giving premature contact of posterior teeth
How do you correct a vertical maxillary excess?
- superior repositioning of maxilla in one or several pieces
- Le Fort I osteotomy with or without segmentalization
What are characteristics of maxillary and midface deficiency?
- Retruded upper lip
- Deficiency of paransal and infraorbital rim areas
- Inadequate tooth exposure while smiling
- Prominent chin
- Class III with reverse anterior
What is the treatment of a maxillary and midface deficiency?
-Le Fort I with or without bone grafting and segmentalization
What is the treatment of a maxillary horizontal deficiency?
-Le Fort I advancement
With orthognathic surgery how long are you in the hospital?
-1-4 days
What is the most common serious congenital anomoly affecting the orofacial region?
-Cleft lip and palate
When does cleft lip and palate occur?
-Between fifth and tenth weeks of fetal life
What is the risk of a parent having a child with a cleft?
1 in 700
If parents have a child with a cleft what is the odds that the next child will have a cleft?
- 2-5%
- this risk is the same for each succeeding child