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falcao

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CCW MMA
« on: June 13, 2013, 05:50:46 PM »
Can anyone explain this surgery - CCW MMA - and how it is different from straight MMA? On youtube I can only find a video for a straight MMA, so I can't visualize what actually happens with with CCW one. If you're able to explain or link me to an article that explains it, I would be grateful.

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Re: CCW MMA
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2013, 06:23:00 PM »
Thank you for that. My local surgeon recommends straight MMA for opening up the narrow airways, but I question this from aesthetic point of view. I read on the G/A's website that CCW is superior in this cases as it will not affect the nose/upper lip negatively. So I would prefer the CCW type, although I do not know how common it is. Is there any actual advancement of the maxilla taking place here? Posterior? Really hard to visualize what's happening with this surgery. Also, do you know what is its relation to impaction?