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Odovtos International Journal of Dental Sciences
On-line version ISSN 2215-3411Print version ISSN 1659-1046
Abstract
UBILLA MAZZINI, William; SANCHEZ LAGUNA, Manuel; MAZZINI TORRES, Fátima and MOREIRA CAMPUZANO, Tanya. Treatment with Ortognactic Surgery in Patient Class III Skeletal with Lateral Left Mandibular Deviation. Case Report. Odovtos [online]. 2017, vol.19, n.2, pp.15-24. ISSN 2215-3411. http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/ijds.v19i2.28298.
Class III malocclusion is one of the most complex to treat for healthcare because it presents alterations in skeletal and dental component of patients. Case Report: male patient, 17 years old, had a skeletal Class III malocclusion with mandibular prognathism, facial asymmetry, plus a slightly concave profile, crossbite and posterior left. By orthognathic surgery, using the technique of sagittal ramus osteotomy and segmentation maxillary, Le Fort I, malocclusion, accompanied by the Alexander technique Orthodontics is corrected. Conclusion: the correct application of knowledge in the field of Orthodontics and Maxillofacial Surgery allows patients to become skeletal class II to cephalometric analysis, changes to your profile slightly convex and canine class I is reached on both sides.
Keywords : Maxillo facial surgery; Orthodontics; Orthognathic surgery; Facial asymmetry.