Journal of Dental Specialities
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 2

Creating smiles-the holistic way!!-orthodontic-surgical correction of bimaxillary protrusion

1Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

2Ex Postgraduate, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

3Postgraduate, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

4Principal and Dean, Head of Department, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

*Address for Correspondence: Dr. Vivek Bhaskar Post Graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore. Karnataka. Email: vivek.libra@gmail.com

Online published on 21 September, 2016.

Abstract

Often many patients cannot be treated by orthodontics alone, and need the combined efforts of orthodontics and orthognathic surgery. Such patients are treated in three phases-a phase of pre surgical orthodontics that involves basically decompensating the dentition, followed by the surgery, which is then finished with final detailing of the occlusion. This article is a case report of a skeletal bimaxillary protrusion patient, who was treated with bi-jaw surgery.

Keywords

Surgical Orthodontics, Bimaxillary protrusion, Bijaw surgery, Prosthetic rehabilitation