Aesthetic Considerations in Orthofacial Surgery

Federico Hernández-Alfaro; Adaia Valls-Ontañón

doi:10.1016/j.coms.2022.06.002

Aesthetic Considerations in Orthofacial Surgery

Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2023 Feb;35(1):1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.coms.2022.06.002. Epub 2022 Nov 3.

Authors

Federico Hernández-Alfaro¹, Adaia Valls-Ontañón²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Maxillofacial Surgery, Teknon Medical Center Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain.
² Institute of Maxillofacial Surgery, Teknon Medical Center Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: avalls@institutomaxilofacial.com.

PMID: 36336601
DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2022.06.002

Abstract

Currently, the wish to optimize facial esthetics-in the context of a dysfunctional occlusion or not-has become the main motivation for orthognathic surgery in many cases. In this context, considering that protrusive faces are advised more attractive and that the lack of skeletal support accelerates the aging process, orthognathic surgery will mostly involve a forward movement of the maxillamandibular complex..

Keywords: Aesthetics; Computed tomography; Cone beam; Imaging; Maxillofacial surgery; Minimally invasive surgical procedures; Orthognathic surgery; Three-dimensional.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Esthetics, Dental
Facial Bones / surgery
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Orthognathic Surgery*
Orthognathic Surgical Procedures*