Why EUis the best in orthognathic surgery

Reasons for receiving double Jaw surgery at an oral and maxillofacial surgery hospital

Double Jaw surgery is not just a cosmetic surgery. It is a sophisticated and difficult surgery that must treat functional issues caused by skeletal malocclusion. While so, there are many people who believe the surgery is done only for cosmetic purposes considering its effectiveness on enhancing one’s beauty. A surgery that does not consider the functions of the chin and jaw joints, along with the teeth that can chew and speak after the surgery, can be devastating. Accordingly, specialized knowledge on facial bone, teeth and jaw joints must be the fundamental basis for healthy surgical results. Competency in this field cannot be acquired unless it is an oral and maxillofacial surgery hospital with dental school backgrounds.

Since double Jaw surgery has a close relationship with teeth occlusion and has a significant potential impact on the movement of jaw joints, it is important for the surgery to be performed under close collaboration between the oral and maxillofacial surgery hospital and the orthodontists. As such, double Jaw surgery should be received from a specialist at an oral and maxillofacial surgery hospital which can collaborate systematically with the orthodontists.

The origin of double Jaw surgery is rooted in the jaw alignment surgery which began late 1800s in Europe. In Korea, the double Jaw surgery was first performed by a specialist at an oral and maxillofacial surgery hospital in the 1950s. In line with the development of dentistry, the double Jaw surgery has been developed and performed primarily by oral and maxillofacial surgery hospitals and orthodontists.

As there are specialized areas such as internal medicine, pediatrics, and gynecology within the medial field, there are also 11 different clinics within dentistry, such as oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, prosthodontics, and pedodontics. Among them, the oral and maxillofacial surgery area is where the specialists acquire comprehensive knowledge and skills on jaw joints and Jaw surgery during their training.

Double Jaw surgery is not simply incising the skin, cutting the bones, and stitching up thereafter. After fracturing the upper jaw and the lower jaw, the jaws must be moved and fixed considering the ideal locations for the jaw joints and teeth interlocking occlusion, and they must also be movable and functionable constantly after the surgery. The surgery requires highly sophisticated technical skills and specialized knowledge in dentistry. Due to the high level of difficulty, this treatment cannot be performed by those who have not completed specialized dental education programs.

Only those who graduated from the dental school understand deeply and possess the fundamental knowledge on dentistry, involving teeth, occlusion, and jaw joints, and knowledge on double Jaw surgery can be fully acquired by majoring in oral and maxillofacial surgery. The double Jaw surgery can be performed appropriately only after having adequate professional experience to respond accurately on all emergency situations and solid technical skills that can achieve safe results.

Dr. Jong Yun Kim and Dr. Hee Jin Shin at EU Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery have been able to deliver satisfactory results to their patients thus far, because they performed the surgery after having gone through such proven training processes. Moreover, by dedicating and focusing on double Jaw surgery for a long period of time even after they completed their specialist program, they were able to deliver results with a high degree of completion in terms of beauty and functionality.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Specialists
Who Understand Beautiful Faces

Many patients who visit EU ask this question. Although people tend to think that receiving double jaw surgery at an oral and maxillofacial surgery hospital would enhance the functional aspects but would be difficult to improve the beauty aspects. But this is a misconception.

Dr. Jong Yun Kim and Dr. Hee Jin Shin at EU Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery are oral and maxillofacial surgery specialists, who have helped numerous patients recover their functionality and are highly experienced in performing facial bone surgery for a wide variety of cases.

As a result of significant experience in facial bone surgery, combined with endless study and research on beautiful faces, our EU doctors are now widely recognized as the specialists in the oral and maxillofacial surgery area. Instead of simply striving for some standardized facial structures, our EU specialists improve not only the functional aspects but also the beauty aspects that consider unique individuality.

SSRO or IVRO

• 
  Instead of choosing either SSRO or IVRO,
  we choose the most appropriate surgical
  method tailored to the individual patients
• The two primary surgical methods in double jaw surgery are SSRO (Sagittal Split Ramus Osteotomy) and
  IVRO (Intraoral Vertical Ramus Osteotomy).
  While the preferred surgical method may vary slightly depending on the hospital and the surgeon
  Both methods are used at EU Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
  From time to time, our patients ask us which of the two methods, SSRO and IVRO, is better.
  Whenever we receive this question, our response at EU is always the same.
• The appropriate surgical method depends on the patient’s unique circumstances,
  and the method that offer the most benefits, given the patient’s circumstances,
  is the best surgical method to use.
• • Image
  • Characteristics
  • Factors
    to consider
• • SSRO
  • This is the most widely used method around the world. This method tends to result in outstanding initial immovability and is effective at expanding the length. As the SSRO surgery performed by EU Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery does not involve intermaxillary fixation, patients can open their mouth immediately after the surgery. Accordingly, there are the advantages of being able to eat, talk, and conveniently breathe right away.
  • If the patients were naturally born with thin bones or have thin bones as a result of receiving double jaw surgery to treat structural issues such as a square jaw, applying the SSRO method may be difficult due to the possibility of exposing the nerves.
• • IVRO
  • As the surgery is completed by fracturing the bones without fixing their positions, the surgery time is relatively very short, and there is no need to receive additional surgery to remove pins. By inducing a physiological equilibrium on the relation between the temporomandibular joint ( or jaw joints) and the occlusion, there is the effect of enhancing the functions of the jaw joints, and as the location of bone fracturing is unrelated to the passage of the nerves, there is no risk of nerve damage even in case of thin bones. Cortical osteotomy techniques can concurrently be used, and therefore, there is an advantage of achieving a potentially significant enhancement in case of facial asymmetry or wide jawline.
  • As the positions of the bones are not fixed after fracturing, intermaxillary fixation for 2 weeks after the surgery is needed. As in the case of a short chin, this method is difficult to use in case the lower jaw needs to be pulled forward.

EU Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery maximizes the advantages of SSRO and IVRO while mitigating the disadvantages by utilizing close SSRO and close IVRO surgical methods.

Surgery-First Approach System
Based on Technological Competence

• Double jaw surgery and orthodontics are inseparably related.
  In general, at least 6 months of minimum orthodontic treatment is needed prior to double jaw surgery, and another period of orthodontic treatment is needed after the surgery. The entire process of double jaw surgery takes up 2 years on average to be completed.
  Pre-surgery at EU Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery has the advantage of not requiring orthodontic treatment prior to the surgery.
  This is possible as a result of the highly sophisticated skills possessed by Dr. Kim and Dr. Shin.
  To perform the surgery-first approach reliably, the three factors, accurate diagnosis and systematic surgical plans, surgical skills of the doctors, must all be in harmony.
• The surgery-first approach would not be offered if there was a lack of experience or confidence in the results. EU Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery is highly confident in delivering results.

Man and woman,
Design that Considers Unique Individuality

• The ideal angle and facial line, including the
  fundamental facial bone structure, all differ between men and women.
• Double jaw surgery by itself is surgery performed while considering the unique
  characteristics and circumstances of individuals, and therefore a particularly different
  surgical method does not necessarily apply as a result of the patient being a man vs. being a woman.
  However, given the assumption that the functionality is enhanced satisfactorily,
  the surgery can be performed to tailor to the image that each patient desires.
  
    Doing so requires the surgeons to possess technical competence and a sense of beauty,
  combined with genuine interest and understanding as to what the patient truly wants.
  These are reasons why EU Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery are highly and genuinely
  interested in each of the patients it serves, and there are reasons why EU patients
  have such a high level of satisfaction as to the results of their surgery.

EU Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery that
beautify even the inner side of the bones

• Double jaw surgery is correcting for malocclusion by adjusting the locations of facial bones.
  Doing so will correct for the imbalance of facial bones, recover the functionality by correcting for malocclusion, and enhance the beauty of the face shape.
  The skills and competence of the surgeons performing double jaw surgery can be assessed by simply examining the bone surface after cutting.
• Many patients say even the bone pictures at EU Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery are pretty.
  This is attributable to our precise understanding on facial bone structure and functions.
  
  We understand deeply as to how much burden that our patients have and how long our patients have thought
  about double jaw surgery until they finally decided to proceed with such a major surgery. Accordingly,
• EU Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery will strive endless to achieve healthy and beautiful results by performing safe and
  correct surgery based on adequate consultations and precise diagnosis.