For patients with jaw disharmony, orthognathic surgery offers numerous benefits including:
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CORRECTING YOUR JAW ALIGNMENT (Understanding Orthognathic Surgery In Singapore)
Orthognathic Surgery
Orthognathic also known as corrective jaw surgery in Singapore is an oral and maxillofacial surgery. It comprises a joint orthodontic and surgical approach in aligning dental and jaw disharmonies.
What is Orthognathic Surgery?
What is Orthognathic Surgery?
Orthognathic surgery also known as corrective jaw surgery, is performed to improve your jaw functionally and aesthetically.
You may need this surgery if one or both of your jaws are in disharmony, for example, having your upper teeth too far forwards or too far backwards.
Benefits of Orthognathic Surgery
Enhance Bite Alignment
Realigning your jaws would correct the way your jaws come together, resolving issues of an open bite, where the upper set of teeth and lower set of teeth do not touch.
Enhanced Eating Ability
With an aligned bite, the ability to chew and eat is now enhanced.
Enhanced Speaking Ability
With an aligned bite, the ability enunciate and pronounce words is now enhanced, improving speech ability.
Enhanced Quality of Life
Patients will notice enhanced breathing ability, sleep patterns and sleep quality.
It has the potential to resolve temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders and other jaw problems, relieving pain.
It may also work as a solution to resolve obstructive sleep apnea, allowing for non-interrupted sleep, and for you to feel rested during the day.
Enhanced Aesthetic Look
Jaw surgeries correct issues of underbites, overbites and crossbites, giving you an enhanced smile and facial appearance.
This may boost your confidence, allowing you to feel good in your own skin.
Do I Need Orthognathic Surgery?
- You have severely crooked teeth;
- You have an increased risk of many dental diseases (e.g. gum disease, tooth wear and tooth fracture, etc.) and dental abnormalities;
- You may experience severe consequences on your dental and facial tissues if there is a physical trauma on the jawbones or have a jaw deformity;
- You have difficulty chewing, speaking or sleeping due to breathing abnormalities;
- The aesthetics of your face compromised (for example through excessive exposure of your gums, facial asymmetry and elongation of your face);
- You are experiencing obstructive sleep apnea;
- You have an open bite where the upper and lower jaws cannot be fully closed.
Do I Need Orthognathic Surgery?
What Are the Risks Involved?
- Infection;
- Bleeding;
- A permanent change in sensation, although usually rare.
What Are the Risks Involved?
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Why Choose Nuffield Dental?
Nuffield Dental is a one-stop, multi-disciplinary dental care centre in Singapore. At Nuffield, we put you first. We believe in providing personalised service for each patient.
Nuffield Dental is a one-stop, multi-disciplinary dental care centre. Here at Nuffield Dental, we pride ourselves of our personalised oral care for each and every one of our patients. We need to make sure you get all the help you need to make your dental procedures comfortable, accessible and seamless.
Our dentists have specialised in oral maxillofacial surgery for 20+ years. We have accredited dental providers who are skilled in the area of dental implant surgery.
Orthognathic Surgery Costs in Singapore?
Please call one of our Nuffield Dental clinics in Singapore for pricing details.
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