ORTHOGNATIC SURGERY FOR CORRECTION OF CLASS III DENTOFACIAL DEFORMITY: CASE REPORT

Abstract

ABSTRACT: ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY IS A PROCEDURE THAT AIMS TO CORRECT DEFORMITIES SKELETAL STRUCTURES OF THE FACE, PRESENTING MALOCCLUSION AND AFFECTING FACIAL APPEARANCE. THESE DEFORMITIES ORIGINATE FROM GROWTH DISTURBANCES OF THE BONES OF THE FACE, SYNDROMES AND SPECIFIC ANOMALIES, TRAUMA TO THE FACE OR OF GENETIC ORIGIN. THE ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY TOGETHER WITH ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT IS THE TECHNIQUE OF CHOICE TO CORRECT DENTOFACIAL DEFORMITIES, THEIR COMPLEXITY IS ESSENTIAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY TREATMENT FOR CARRYING OUT THE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT. THE OBJECTIVE SUGGESTED BY THIS WORK IS TO REPORT AND DESCRIBE THE CLINICAL CASE REPORT AND ARGUE ABOUT THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CLASS III SKELETAL DEFORMITY, EVALUATE THE BENEFITS OF ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY, IN ADDITION TO CHECK THE RESULTS OBTAINED IN AESTHETICS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE ORAL HEALTH OF THE PATIENT. IN THE REPORTED CLINICAL CASE, THE PATIENT HAS A CLASS III DEFORMITY, WAS SUBMITTED TO PRE AND POST SURGICAL ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT, AND ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY WITH PLANNING VIRTUAL WITH THE USE OF SOFTWARE. AFTER THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE, A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF FACIAL HARMONY AND CONSERVATION OF OCCLUSION. THE RESULTS ARE IN A POSTOPERATIVE FOLLOW-UP OF 22 MONTHS. KEYWORDS: ORTHOGNATHIC; DEFORMITIES; ORTHODONTIC.