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3D Planning in Orthognatic Surgery

Why 3D Planning?

Since around the last decade, there has been a change in paradigm in the field of diagnosis and therapy in relation to orthognathic surgery owing to technological advances. The Maxillofacial Institute is at the forefront of this revolution, being the first European centre to introduce three-dimensional planning for surgery.

The introduction of the intraoral scanner, low-radiation CBCT (cone-beam computed tomography) and latest-generation 3D software means that analysis can be performed with millimetric precision.

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These allow the surgeon to anticipate, plan and simulate a virtual surgical procedure before undertaking real surgery in the operating theatre, and even share the virtual results beforehand with the patient to increase their confidence and satisfaction about the treatment. In this way, any potential errors or unforeseen complications in the operating theatre can be eliminated, in addition to reducing surgery time and postoperative trauma for the patient.

The +250 cases of orthognathic surgery carried out each year at the Maxillofacial Institute are meticulously planned in this 3D virtual environment. These are the articles published by Prof. Hernández Alfaro and his team concerning this subject: New protocol for threedimensional surgical planning and CAD/CAM splint generation in orthognathic surgery: an in vitro and in vivo study, 3D planning in orthognathic surgery: CAD/CAM surgical splints and prediction of the soft and hard tissues results – Our experience in 16 cases and Planificación virtual y diseño de férulas CAD/CAM en cirugía ortognática: ¿una nueva era?.