Two Jaw Surgery: Various types of malocclusion and treatments

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One of the common concerns and problems for those who come to counseling on two jaw surgery is malocclusion.

Today, I'm going to explain what the malocclusion is and how we can improve it.

Normally, normal occlusion is where the upper teeth slightly cover the lower teeth.

If the lower teeth are protruded than the upper teeth, we call it cross bite, the upper and lower teeth are out of sync with each other are open, we call it open bite, and the upper and lower jaw teeth are generally called malocclusion as shown in the picture below.

Malocclusion is one of the symptoms that must be improved because it can cause facial deformities and greatly affect people's impression, and also affect inconvenience ordinary daily lives such as eating meals.

Malocclusion can be a genetic factor, but it can also be caused by bad living habits such as trauma, the environment, biting nails, or holding a chin.

Sometimes, People don't have any pain in their jaw and they don't feel much inconvenience in their daily life, so they don't think much of it, and they miss the timing of their treatment and visit the hospital. As irregularity is likely to lead to jaw joint problems, headaches, and bad breath, it is necessary to consult a specialist as soon as possible to get proper treatment.

So, how do you correct a malocclusion?

One of the most representative ways to improve malocclusion is to perform two jaw surgery to bring the upper and lower jaw back to normal Depending on the patient's condition, a two jaw that corrects the position of the jaw may be combined with facial contours to improve the face shape.

If you look at the face contour that requires two jaw surgery, you can see symptoms such as a concave face, long face, jutting chin and protruded mouth, and so on. Even if it's a two jaw surgery, you don't need to apply the same method uniformly, but you have to change the direction of movement, range, and rotation of the jaw according to the adaptability to achieve the ideal result.

So it's important to have a 1:1 customized surgery plan tailored to you.

Malocclusion usually involves sucking fingers or lower lips or biting nails. Just by improving the habit of grinding your teeth and so on, it's a preventative effect.

As two jaw surgery requires consideration of facial bones, nerves, and muscles as well as overall face in harmony, it is advisable to choose a place where a specialist with extensive surgical experience can direct and plan for a systematic and precise

Faceline Plastic Surgery Director Lee Jin-soo has been studying and conducting face bone surgery for 16 years, and he has been making constant efforts to publish his research results through the International Society every year.

As a result, we developed our own surgery know-how (REMA, JSRO), and based on those methods, we provide better surgical results to patients.