JAW CORRECTIVE TREATMENT (Orthognathic Surgery)
Orthognathic surgery is a surgical procedure used to straighten or re-align jaw and correct skeletal deformities that a patient may need. Corrective jaw surgery may be required in treating the following conditions:
- Birth defects
- Chronic jaw or jaw joint (TMJ) pain
- Involuntary mouth breathing
- Inability of your lips to come together without straining
- Correction of overbite & underbite.
- Trauma or injury to the jaw or face
- Open bite (space between the upper and lower teeth when your mouth is closed)
- Protruding jaw
- Receding lower jaw and chin
- Tumour or pathology affecting the jaw