CASE REPORT 3

A 20 YEAR OLD FEMALE PATIENT REPORTED TO SGT DENTAL COLLEGE WITH THE CHIEF COMPLAINT OF BACKWARDLY PLACED LOWER JAW AND WANTED CORRECTION FOR THE SAME. SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH RETROGNATHIC MANDIBLE CLASS II. AFTER THE PREOPERATIVE ORTHODONTIC PHASE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ORTHODONTICS , THE PATIENT WAS REFERRED FOR THE SURGICAL PHASE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY.

PRE-OPERATIVE PICTURES

PROFILE                                              RETROGNATHIC MANDIBLE

OPERATIVE PROCEDURE

BILATERAL SAGITTAL SPLIT OSTEOTOMY (BSSO) WITH 7MM ADVANCEMENT OF THE MANDIBLE ALONG WITH ADVANCEMENT GENIOPLASTY OF 4MM WAS DONE UNDER G.A.

INTRA-OPERATIVE PICTURES

POST-OPERATIVE RESULTS OF THE PATIENT ARE PROMISING AND THE PATIENT IS SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS.

SHE WILL UNDERGO FURTHER LEVELING AND ALIGNMENT OF TEETH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ORTHODONTICS AND IS UNDER CONTINUOUS FOLLOW UP IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY