Surgery-First Accelerated Orthognathic Surgery: Postoperative Rapid Orthodontic Tooth Movement

A pilot study to assess the feasibility and accuracy of using haptic technology to occlude digital dental models

“…Over the last five years "surgery-first" orthognathic treatment has become popular as it addresses the patient's facial concerns early and accelerates post-surgical orthodontic tooth movement. 23,24 However the complexity of producing the correct soft tissue appearance first, and then the occlusion postsurgery, precludes the use of conventional 3D computerised planning. In surgeryfirst cases the ideal 3D planning system would allow virtual repositioning of the composite maxillary model (maxilla and digital teeth) into the desired position;…”

Minimum Presurgical Orthodontic Treatment with Two Jaw Surgery Combined with Anterior Segmental Osteotmy in Skeletal Class II Malocclusion: A Case Report

“…Wilcko et al [15] reported that corticotomy could enhance tooth movement by increasing bone turnover and decreasing bone density. Similarly, bone turnover after orthognathic surgery is known to significantly accelerate orthodontic tooth movement [6,7]. In addition to a significant reduction in treatment time, the surgery-first approach offers a patient immediate gratification in the correction of facial deformities, which promotes improved patient compliance with hardware usage and follow-up appointments.…”

Surgery-first Approach

“…The more efficient postsurgical orthodontic tooth movement mentioned above is due to something known as the RAP. 13 …”