S332
A New Paradigm Shift in Orthognathic Surgery: Treatment Planning to the Smiling Profile

Friday, October 11, 2013
1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Location

W224B (Orange County Convention Center)

TicketedThis is a Ticketed Session
Speaker:

George Obeid DDS
Washington, DC, USA


Co-Speaker:

Timothy J. Tremont DMD, MS
White Oak , PA, USA


CDE/CME Offered: CDE/CME
Synopsis

The soft tissue paradigm shift was a change in orthognathic planning from one based on traditional cephalometrics to one analyzing a facial profile in repose. An exciting newer method is presented that focuses on patients’ smiling profiles to discern dentofacial imbalance and establish clear goals for predictably harmonious surgical outcomes.

Learning Objectives
  1. Explain why a diagnosis based on traditional cephalometrics and the soft tissue repose profile is inadequate;
  2. Explain how the analysis of a smiling profile permits effective treatment planning for facial harmony; and
  3. Discuss how the facial planes defined in a new way can be used as landmarks to quantify planned changes to the jaws.

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