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What is Surgery-First Approach Orthognathic Surgery?
The old method of double jaw surgery required ‘braces before surgery > surgery > braces after surgery’ to be used in preparation for the surgery. However, with ID hospital’s new,improved method ‘surgery > braces after surgery’ is all we need from now on!
The traditional method required 1 to 1 and half years of orthodontic treatment before surgery. Therefore, patients must endure the boring and painful period to have surgery. With this new method, however, surgery can be performed directly without having an orthodontic treatment before surgery. Braces are only needed after surgery, therefore, patients will experience much less discomfort and pain with this advanced method.
“id Surgery-First Approach Orthognathic Surgery has shortened the recovery period by 1 year and 6 months with no orthodontic treatment before surgery.”
Difference between Surgery-First Approach and traditional orthognathic surgery
People often ask the question, “is Surgery-First Approach different from orthognathic surgery?” Surgery-First Approach refers to orthognathic surgery that performs the surgery first, and it is a term used for distinguishing itself from traditional orthognathic surgery that performs surgery AFTER orthodontic treatment. Therefore, it can be explained in the following sequence, Surgery-First approach performs the surgery followed by orthodontic treatment – whereas normal orthognathic surgery requires orthodontic treatment first and surgery afterward.
id Hospital: The first Hospital to introduce Surgery-First Approach Orthognathic Surgery!
Patients with malocclusion wanted to get rid of the discomfort as soon as possible, and a lot of patients suffered from worsening symptoms of protruding jaw caused by orthodontic treatment before surgery. In order to minimize such pain and burden, id introduced Surgery-First Approach in Korea.
★ From introducing Surgery-First Approach to holding a symposium
★ 95% of patients getting Surgery-First Approach Orthognathic Surgery at id Hospital
Core techniques of Surgery-First Approach Orthognathic Surgery
SET-UP MODELING
Inter-department Planning Conference
Maxillary and mandibular osteotomy using MSS
Excellent orthodontic treatment effect through SAS
Ensured safety and minimized errors by using 3D-CT
Benefits of Surgery-First Approach Orthognathic Surgery
Shortened treatment period of Surgery-First Approach Orthognathic Surgery by 1 year and 6 months
No preparation period required, immediate improvement
Can get surgery at any time you want, no orthodontic treatment required before surgery
Short treatment period
No orthodontic treatment before surgery, overall treatment period shortened
Prevent prognathism from worsening
There’s no teeth movement since there wasn’t any orthodontic treatment before surgery, so the teeth are stable.
Surgery-First Approach with shortened recovery period
Orthognathic surgery has long and tough recovery? NO!
- Normal orthognathic surgery has 2 years of recovery period with orthodontic treatment–surgery–orthodontic treatment
- Operated the first Surgery-First Approach Orthognathic Surgery(pioneer) for a patient with prognathism in 2003
- Fast recovery and surgical result with treatment period shortened by 1 year for 95% of orthognathic patients through Surgery-First Approach
There’s no orthodontic treatment before surgery (1 year and 6 months), preventing prognathism from worsening, and the patients are satisfied by shortened recovery period in id’s Surgery-First Approach Orthognathic Surgery.
Surgery Information
Surgery time
2 hour 30 minutes
Anesthesia
General anesthesia
Hospitalization
2 days
Removal of stitches
About 2 weeks after
Recovery time
2 weeks~1 month
Before and After Photos
