Surgical assistance for rapid orthodontic treatment and temporary skeletal anchorage

Abstract

In surgically-assisted osteogenic orthodontics, multiple modalities are combined to shorten treatment time and to accomplish results that cannot be achieved with orthodontics alone. There is a significant reduction in cost to the patient, especially when there is a lack of insurance coverage for orthognathic techniques. Surgeons are able to work in the comfortable environment of their own offices. Decreased cost, recovery time, and treatment time, and an in-office environment all increase patient acceptance and allow surgeons to provide treatment to patients who might otherwise have no options.

Keywords: Anchorage; Corticotomies; Orthognathic; Osteogenic; Osteotomies; Regional acceleratory phenomenon.