Procedures

Surgical orthodontics may be recommended for adult patients and some older teenagers with severe skeletal imbalances.

Sometimes the jaw position is so far off from normal that conventional orthodontic tooth movement cannot compensate for the skeletal imbalance. Surgical orthodontics is done in combination with full upper and lower braces. Surgery of the jaws usually occurs during the middle of comprehensive orthodontic treatment approximately one year after the braces are applied to the teeth.


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