ORTHOGNATHIC JAW SURGERY & BIMAXILLARY SLEEP SURGERY

ORTHOGNATHIC JAW SURGERY & BIMAXILLARY SLEEP SURGERY

Sabine C. Girod, MD, DDS, PhD, FACS Chief, Stanford Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Surgery

What is Orthognathic Jaw

Surgery?

Corrective jaw surgery when your jaw has grown out of alignment and can not be corrected with

braces, e.g. a severe underbite like in this patient

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What is Bimax Sleep

Surgery?The same jaw surgery is also

used in treatment of

Sleep Apnea, so called “Bimax

Surgery” to open the airway

Treatment Steps inOrthognathic Jaw

Surgery1. Step: 12-18 month preoperative

orthodontic treatment (Braces, Invisalign)

2. Step: Surgery (1-3 days in the hospital)

3. Step: 6 month postoperative orthodontic treatment

Surgical Procedure – Lower Jaw

Surgical Procedure – Upper Jaw

Double Jaw or “Bimax”

SurgerySurgery in the upper and

lower jaw at the same time.

Small titanium plates are used for fixation of the jaw – no “wiring shut”

any more.

After Surgery - Surgical Splint and

ElasticsYou have to wear a plastic

splint and elastics for up to 3 weeks after surgery.

Jaw surgery will correct your bite and improve your facial features

After Before

Upper jaw surgery for correction of midface

deficiency and underbite

Bimax Surgery for

Sleep ApneaBimaxillary jaw advancement surgery is very successful in the treatment of

severe sleep apnea.

On the right you see a patients after10-15mm advancement and

significant opening of the airway after surgery.

Stanford Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial

SurgerySabine C. Girod, MD, DDS, PhD, FACS Chief, Stanford Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial SurgeryAssociate Professor of SurgeryStanford University Medical Center & Lucile Packard Children's Hospital1000 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304-5715

Patient Coordinator: Michelle Orozco (650) 736-4355 MOrozco@stanfordmed.org