"I often meet some patients who come for help because of the failure of orthognathic surgery in some hospitals." Professor Yang Xiaoping, Deputy Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, lamented that irregular surgery had brought them great pain.
I once met a girl in her twenties. When I came to the hospital, my teeth fell off, my maxilla was seriously necrotic, my whole maxilla was hollow and my face was obviously disfigured. The reason is that the girl went to the hospital for orthognathic surgery. Results Because the surgeon didn't know the anatomical structure of the human body, the maxilla was cut off together with the teeth and gums during the operation and then adjusted to the normal position, which led to serious adverse consequences.
Regarding the operation time of orthognathic surgery, the traditional view is that moderate dentofacial deformity should be delayed until the end of the growth period, and severe deformity can be operated early. According to the modern viewpoint, patients with overgrowth of jaws should wait until the growth stops, and patients with dysplasia of jaws can have early surgery. Patients with cleft lip and palate lack normal growth and development patterns due to abnormal jaw development, but most of them belong to the category of abnormal development. Professor Yang Xiaoping suggested that orthognathic surgery is usually suitable for people aged 18-25.