ORTHOGNATHIC JAW SURGERY & BIMAXILLARY SLEEP SURGERY Sabine C. Girod, MD, DDS, PhD, FACS Chief, Stanford Oral Medicine & Maxillofacial Surgery
Jan 09, 2016
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 [email protected]