Comparison of treatment duration and complications between surgery-first and conventional orthognathic approaches: a retrospective study
SFA is an effective alternative to COA, offering a shorter overall treatment duration while requiring longer postsurgical orthodontic management. While complication rates do not significantly differ between the approaches, older patients are at a higher risk of complications.
Authors
- Anu Kiukkonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1172-3760)
- Patricia Stoor
- Satu Strausz
- Paula Salonen
- Mikko Lahtinen
Institutions
- Broad Institute (US)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FI)
- Department of Social Services (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Orthodontics
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ejo/cjaf102
- Primary Topic
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00