Abstract

NOIA, Claudio Ferreira et al. Influence of orthognathic surgery on facial harmony: Case series. Rev. cir. traumatol. buco-maxilo-fac. [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.1, pp. 21-26. ISSN 1808-5210.

The orthognathic surgery is a viable therapeutic option in the treatment of those patients who have dental-skeletal deformities. According to the literature, this surgical procedure allows the functional and aesthetic results patients, providing significant changes in their lives. Thus, this study aimed to report a case series of patients undergoing orthognathic surgery whose postoperative results show a significant improvement in facial harmony of the same, which confirms that this procedure is an important tool change in the lives of patients, allowing a normal coexistence of these patients in society.

Keywords : Deformity.; Orthognathic surgery.; Morbidity..