Orthognathic surgery, from the Greek orthos, "straight" and gnathos, "jaw", is a surgical intervention that is responsible for correcting dento-cranio-maxillofacial deformities by means of maxillary and mandibular bone movements, to achieve the perfect balance between all facial features of the patient.
This type of facial alterations appear in the growth phase of patients, stabilize at the end of it and can cause problems such as sleep apnea, TMJ disorders, malocclusion problems, or lack of skeletal harmony, among others.