Jaw surgery can readjust or realign the jaw. It’s also referred to as orthognathic surgery. It’s performed by oral or maxillofacial surgeons working along with an orthodontist most of the time. There ...
Cutting edge 3D printing is revolutionizing jaw reconstruction surgery at UPMC Pittsburgh. We met a Fairview man who ...
If your procedure involves both jaws, it’s called a double jaw surgery or bimaxillary osteotomy. The goal is to improve the function and appearance of your jaws. Depending on jaw deformities, a ...
Bair had the first surgery, on his upper jaw, in 2018 at Swedish Medical Center, First Hill Campus in Seattle. The surgery was covered by his Premera Blue Cross plan, and Bair's out-of-pocket hospital ...
A singer from Ukraine, who releases music under the name ‘Aiela,’ had double jaw surgery to fix long-term issues from childhood cleft palate surgeries and a worsening overbite The procedure required ...
Kayla Hilbert knows the walls of a hospital room better than those at school. The 5-year-old from Bennett, Colorado, was born with an abnormally small jaw and a cleft palate that made eating and ...
For years, Ely Bair dealt with migraine headaches, jaw pain and high blood pressure, until a dentist recommended surgery to realign his jaw to get to the root of his health problems. The fix would ...