Open AccessSoft tissue changes and its stability as a sequlae to mandibular advancement
Author(s) -
Uday Kiran Uppada,
Ramen Sinha,
Deepti Reddy,
Dushyanth Paul
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2231-0746
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0746.147095
Subject(s) - medicine , soft tissue , sagittal plane , osteotomy , fixation (population genetics) , malocclusion , orthodontics , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , dentistry , reduction (mathematics) , surgery , anatomy , population , botany , geometry , environmental health , mathematics , biology , genus
To predict the changes and evaluate the stability that occurs in the soft tissues following the skeletal movement subsequent to surgical advancement of the mandible through bilateral sagittal split osteotomy and to provide the patient reliable information with regard to esthetic changes that can be expected following the treatment.