Orthognathic Treatment of Skeletal Class III Malocclusion with Severe Facial Asymmetry
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Case Report
VOLUME: 29 ISSUE: 1
P: 22 - 26
March 2016

Orthognathic Treatment of Skeletal Class III Malocclusion with Severe Facial Asymmetry

Turk J Orthod 2016;29(1):22-26
1. Department of Orthodontics, Hacettepe University School of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey
2. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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Received Date: 14.09.2015
Accepted Date: 26.10.2015
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ABSTRACT

A 26-year, 9-month-old woman had chief complaints of mandibular protrusion and facial asymmetry. Extraoral examination indicated mandibular deviation to the left side, severe facial asymmetry, and a concave profile. Because the patient had a vertical maxillary height difference and an occlusal plane cant together with maxillary retrusion, a differential downgraft and advancement surgery with Lefort I osteotomy was planned. To correct the facial asymmetry and mandibular protrusion, concurrent bilateral sagittal split osteotomy was performed. Double-jaw surgical procedures, including maxillary and mandibular movements, are effective in correcting severe facial asymmetry and skeletal Class III malocclusion.

Keywords:
Facial asymmetry, orthognathic surgery, class III malocclusion