Nowadays bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO) is the most common technique for treatment of mandibular skeletal deformities. One of the most sensitive stages in BSSO is recognition of inferior alveolar nerve entrance. This technical note presents a noble and safe approach for medial osteotomy in BSSO which is based on anatomy of mandible during the surgery. In this approach osteotomy initi...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare the amount of postoperative drainage via closed suction drainage system after intraoral vertical ramus osteotomy (IVRO) and sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SSRO). MATERIALS AND METHODS We planned a retrospective cohort study of 40 patients selected from a larger group who underwent orthognathic surgery from 2007 to 2013. Mean a...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to compare the standard methods of cephalometry and two-dimensional photogrammetry, to evaluate the reliability and accuracy of both methods. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-six patients (mean age 25.5, standard deviation (SD) 5.2 years) with Class II relationship and 23 patients with Class III relationship (mean age 26.4, SD 4.7 years) who had undergone bilateral sagittal spl...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether migration occurs at individual osteotomy sites following sagittal split osteotomy of the mandible stabilized with rigid internal fixation, and if it occurs, how long it lasts. In 10 consecutive patients operated with bilateral sagittal split osteotomies, postoperative migration, defined as displacement of the proximal segments in relation to ...