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General Category => Functional Surgery Questions => Topic started by: lookism on October 22, 2020, 02:13:19 PM

Title: how common is jaw surgery without braces if your bite and occlusion is okay
Post by: lookism on October 22, 2020, 02:13:19 PM

lets say you do jaw surgery for sleep apnea and your occlusion is fine - would you need braces?

Title: Re: how common is jaw surgery without braces if your bite and occlusion is okay
Post by: kavan on October 22, 2020, 09:05:39 PM

For some cases where the occlusion is fine and the person has sleep apnea and if they decide to do linear advancement, (advance both jaws equally) you would not need braces for the long decompensation period before the surgery.

Title: Re: how common is jaw surgery without braces if your bite and occlusion is okay
Post by: andyyyy37 on November 07, 2020, 10:30:25 AM

I’m getting a maxilla Downgraft in Korea next year and the surgeon said I don’t need braces. I think a lot of Surgeons in Korea do it without braces especially for foreign patients.

Title: Re: how common is jaw surgery without braces if your bite and occlusion is okay
Post by: Lani on November 16, 2020, 12:44:41 AM

you could probably get away without braces, but like everything with jaw surgery, it is to what degree of exactness to your goal that you want to get. Like the Poster above said, you could just get staight linear advancement and call it a day.The ultimate way to do it (may not be worth the hassle for you) is to get braces put in (most will need this to move your jaw anyways, esp if there is rotation), and then afterwards they can tweak your bite with the braces that are in place as nobody can predict 100% the mm of movement until after surgery. straight linear advancement may have facial changes, so be aware of that.

Title: Re: how common is jaw surgery without braces if your bite and occlusion is okay
Post by: Lefortitude on November 18, 2020, 08:27:42 AM

Certain practitioners do it routinely, and others only for emergencies. Depends on the clinician and the case specifics

Title: Re: how common is jaw surgery without braces if your bite and occlusion is okay
Post by: thedude on November 24, 2020, 07:55:37 PM

I know Kasey Li in Palo Alto does surgeries without braces, as do I believe a lot of surgeons affiliated with the Stanford sleep program.

Title: Re: how common is jaw surgery without braces if your bite and occlusion is okay
Post by: GJ on November 25, 2020, 08:09:59 AM

I've heard Li is a difficult person, temperament wise.

Title: Re: how common is jaw surgery without braces if your bite and occlusion is okay
Post by: thedude on November 25, 2020, 03:45:45 PM

I have enjoyed working with him and found him to be friendly, caring and exceedingly professional at all times.