Optimizing Healing in Osteotomy Surgery

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Streamz Culture on Instagram: "A LeFort osteotomy is a surgical procedure used to reposition the upper jaw (maxilla) to improve facial balance, bite alignment, airway function, and overall symmetry. It’s one of the cornerstone operations in orthognathic (jaw) surgery, most commonly performed as a LeFort I, where the surgeon makes precise cuts to the midface so the upper jaw can be moved forward, raised, lowered, or subtly rotated. This controlled repositioning can correct underbites, open bites,

illustrative Ortho on Instagram: "⚠️ For young surgeons: I believe there is a lot of confusion between Smith-Peterson osteotomy (SPO) and Ponte osteotomy (PO). Smith-Petersen osteotomy first described in 1945 (obviously by an Ortho Bro) as a one or two level osteotomy for ankylosing spondylitis. On the other hand, Alberto Ponte (another Ortho Bro 🤷‍♂️) described Ponte procedure as multiple chevron spine osteotomies. So what’s the difference? The key distinctions between these two osteoto