08/04/2025
In recent years, the term looksmaxxing has begun to gain traction on social media, beauty forums, and among those seeking to strategically improve their physical image. Although it may sound modern or even superficial, behind this concept lies an increasingly common reality: the desire to consciously optimize our appearance, with the support of medical science....
18/03/2025
Orthognathic surgery is primarily known for correcting functional jaw and dental alignment problems. However, one of its lesser-mentioned benefits is its ability to directly influence facial aesthetics and prevent some of the signs of aging. At the Maxillofacial Institute, we believe that proper facial alignment not only improves the smile but can also have a...
18/04/2023
Many people wonder if it is necessary to dissolve their fillers before orthognathic surgery. Although strictly speaking, facial fillers do not have any effect or influence on surgical movements and subsequent recovery, they can have an effect on the planning, at the moment when the surgeon analyzes the patient's features and visualizes the changes that...
26/02/2021
The term orthofacial surgery appears more and more in the specialized media in maxillofacial surgery, but what exactly is it? Although we are in a moment of transition in which both terms can be used indiscriminately to refer to the same procedure, it is necessary to explain each of them in depth: Orthognathic surgery has...