G. Schultes et al., PERIODONTAL-DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH INTERDENTAL OSTEOTOMIES AFTER ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY, Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, 56(4), 1998, pp. 414-417
Purpose: One of the main reasons for orthodontics and orthognathic sur
gery is the prevention of dental loss caused by periodontal disease. U
ntil now there have been no published data describing the periodontal
situation near interdental osteotomies after orthognatic surgery. The
purpose of this study was to evaluate this situation. Patients and Met
hods: Thirty patients with Class II malocclusions were studied 4 to 10
years after segmental orthognathic surgery, analyzing the periodontal
condition near osteotomies with the aid of periapical and panoramic r
adiographs. Results: Fifty-one pathologic periodontal lesions were fou
nd in the 74 segmental osteotomy sites. There were 35 segmental areas
with osseous periodontal defects and 16 segmental areas with missing t
eeth. Conclusion: A high incidence of dental and periodontal trauma oc
curs in the region of segmental osteotomies after orthognathic surgery
.