Surgical Accuracy of Positioning the Maxilla in Patients With Skeletal Class II Malocclusion Using Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing-Assisted Orthognathic Surgery.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To evaluate the surgical accuracy of positioning the maxilla in patients with skeletal class II malocclusion using computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/ CAM)-assisted orthognathic surgery.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

The samples consisted of 10 patients with skeletal class II malocclusion, whose cone-beam computed tomographys taken before and immediately after surgery were available and who underwent bimaxillary orthognathic surgery by a single surgeon using Le Fort I osteotomy and bilateral sagittal split ramus osteotomy at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul National University Dental Hospital, Seoul, South Korea between January 2018 and December 2019. After virtual surgical planning was performed using the FACEGIDE system (Korea), surgical cutting guides, intermediate splints, and custom-made titanium mini-plates were fabricated using CAD/CAM technique. Using 8 landmarks (anterior nasal spine, point A, #16, #13, contact point between #11 and #21, #23, #26, posterior nasal spine), the mean differences between the virtually planned (Virtual) and actual postsurgical position of the maxilla (Actual) in the three-dimensional coordinates (ΔActual-Virtual) and their mean absolute deviations were investigated.

RESULTS:

The mean differences of 8 landmarks were 0.42 mm left side movement in the transverse coordinate, 0.15 mm forward movement in the sagittal coordinate and 0.10 mm downward movement in the vertical coordinate. Their mean absolute deviations were 0.98, 0.67, and 0.62 mm in the sagittal, vertical, and transverse coordinates, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS:

Since the mean difference was less than 0.5 mm and the range of error was less than 1.0 mm, CAD/CAM-assisted orthognathic surgery might have a high degree of surgical accuracy and clinical relevance in the positioning of the maxilla.

• Authors: Ali Alqussair, Seung-Hak Baek, Tae-Seup Kim, Sugn-Ho Ha, Jin-Young Choi
• Journal: The Journal of craniofacial surgery (J Craniofac Surg) 2022 Jul-Aug 01 Vol. 33 Issue 5 Pg. 1479-1483 ISSN: 1536-3732 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 34907951 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2021 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD.

Topics

• Cephalometry (methods)
• Computer-Aided Design
• Humans
• Imaging, Three-Dimensional (methods)
• Malocclusion
• Maxilla (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Orthognathic Surgery
• Orthognathic Surgical Procedures (methods)
• Osteotomy, Le Fort (methods)
• Surgery, Computer-Assisted (methods)