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Orthognathic Surgery > Why EU is the best in orthognathic surgery+

Why EU surgeons
are experts 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.

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

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.

Medical Institution for Attraction of Foreign Patients
EU Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery is officially certified as the Medical Institution for Attraction of Foreign Patients.
Gangnam-gu Medical Tour Collaborating Institution
EU Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery has successfully passed highly strict criteria to officially be one of the Gangnam-gu Medical Tour Collaborating Institutions.
Love sharing EU
EU Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery share the love we have received from our patients with those in need in our society.
By helping and sharing with our neighbors and those in need, we strive to help our society become warmer, healthier, and richer.