Corrective jaw surgery is a procedure for correcting jaw irregularities. The process is based on the physical displacement of the jaw bone. In some situations, procedures consist of adding or removing bone tissue to achieve balanced proportions.

The operation is quite complicated and involves a team of professional dentists to plan the repositioning of your jaw. At dentakay, our dentists of various specialties carefully plan the operation in order to achieve the best results.

Benefits of jaw correction

• corrects speech problems
• Improves chewing
• Corrects facial proportions
• Improves breathing
• Reduced sleep apnea

Jaw corrective surgery procedure

Corrective surgery requires careful and detailed preparation. For this reason, your dentist must first conduct an examination session. During this time, your dentist will get X-rays to fully evaluate the structure of your jaws.

At Dentakay, our dentists are implementing the latest digital technologies to create realistic 3D models for you. These models illustrate the course of your surgery, while other digital programs will help you imagine how jaw corrective surgery will affect your face.

This step is very important to us, because at Dentakay we like to involve you in every step of the process.

During surgery, your doctor performs surgery from inside the mouth to avoid scar problems for you. After creating the right movements in the jaw bone, your doctor secures the jaw with screws. The procedure for upper and lower jaws occurs separately during surgery.

Who is eligible for jaw corrective surgery?

Anyone with jaw irregularities is fit for jaw surgery. Exceeding one jaw on the other, overocclusion or underocclusion, whether genetic or caused by an accident.

But it is essential to try orthodontics beforehand, as many cases of jaw misalignment can be corrected with traditional orthotics.

Corrective jaw surgery will be your final option, once you have tried orthodontics and your problem persists.