The Accuracy of Jaws Repositioning in Bimaxillary Orthognathic Surgery with Traditional Surgical Planning Compared to Digital Surgical Planning in Skeletal Class III Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study

Martina Barone; Alberto De Stefani; Ugo Baciliero; Giovanni Bruno; Antonio Gracco

doi:10.3390/jcm9061840

The Accuracy of Jaws Repositioning in Bimaxillary Orthognathic Surgery with Traditional Surgical Planning Compared to Digital Surgical Planning in Skeletal Class III Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study

J Clin Med. 2020 Jun 12;9(6):1840. doi: 10.3390/jcm9061840.

Authors

Martina Barone¹, Alberto De Stefani¹, Ugo Baciliero², Giovanni Bruno¹, Antonio Gracco¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuroscience, School of Dentistry, University of Padua, 35100 Padua, Italy.
² Maxillofacial Surgery Complex Unit of San Bortolo Hospital of Vicenza (Italy), 36100 Vicenza, Italy.

Abstract

Background: Technological progress has led to the transition to digital methods to perform surgical planning and to obtain surgical splints with CAD/CAM technologies. The present study aimed to compare the accuracy of jaw repositioning in bimaxillary orthognathic surgery using traditional and digital surgical planning in skeletal class III patients.

Methods: This study included 60 skeletal class III patients divided into two groups based on the method used to perform surgical planning: traditional (T, n = 30) and digital (D, n = 30). For each patient, a 2D presurgical Visual Treatment Objective (VTO) was prepared and the outcome of the surgery was compared with that planned by using determined cephalometric measurements (ANB, SNA, SNB, Ar-Go-Me, S-Ar-Go). Statistical analysis showed that the measurements planned and those obtained after surgery were equivalent in Group D. For Group T, the analysis showed equivalence only for one of the considered measurements (ANB). By comparing the results of the two groups, Group D presented a lower level of error than Group T.

Conclusions: Digital surgical planning performed significantly better in terms of accuracy of jaw repositioning than the traditional protocol.

Keywords: bimaxillary orthognathic surgery; digital surgical planning; skeletal class III; surgical planning; surgical simulation; traditional surgical planning.