Micrognathia Surgery

The orthodontist is the one that is best physician to go to when an infant or a patient has been diagnosed with this kind of disease condition. For this craniofacial anomaly, there is a need for reconstructive surgery. The extent of the surgery will depend on the configuration degree of an underdevelopment with regards to the surrounding facial bones and muscles. Upon surgery, what happens is that the mandible or the lower jaw of the patient will go through a bone graft or series of grafting. With this kind of surgical procedure, it is known to rebuild the structure of the abnormal mandible into a normal mandible. The oral surgeon or the maxillofacial surgeon is the only one qualified to do such surgical procedure. Prior to surgery, preoperative planning, which is an important part in the treatment, must be done by the surgeon himself. In the preoperative planning, the surgeon will determine the distraction area regarding to the location and anatomy of the osteotomies. Usually the curvelinear kind of mandibular distraction is preferred by many.