The advantage of the three dimensional computed tomographic (3 D-CT) for ensuring accurate bone incision in sagittal split ramus osteotomy

• Main Author: Coen Pramono D
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Airlangga 2005-03-01
• Series: Dental Journal: Majalah Kedokteran Gigi
• Subjects: Three dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT); Sagittal split osteotomy; Accuration of Bone Incision
• Online Access: http://e-journal.unair.ac.id/index.php/MKG/article/view/1149
• ISSN: 1978-3728; 2442-9740

<span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Functional and aesthetic dysgnathia surgery requires accurate pre-surgical planning, including the surgical technique to be </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>used related with the difference of anatomical structures amongst individuals. Programs that simulate the surgery become increasingly </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>important. This can be mediated by using a surgical model, conventional x-rays as panoramic, cephalometric projections and </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>another sophisticated method such as a three dimensional computed tomography (3 D-CT). A patient who had undergone double </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>jaw surgeries with difficult anatomical landmarks was presented. In this case the mandible foramens were seen highly relatively </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>related to the sigmoid notches. Therefore, ensuring the bone incisions in sagittal split was presumed to be difficult. A 3D-CT was </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>made and considered to be very helpful in supporting the pre-operative diagnostic.</em></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /></span>