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Asian; Orthognathic surgery; adolescent; adult; bilateral sagittal split osteotomy; Chinese; dentistry; ethnic group; female; human; indian; jaw; jaw malformation; major clinical study; Malaysia; male; maxilla osteotomy; maxillofacial surgery; review; sex ratio; surgical technique; university; article; jaw disease; oral surgery; statistics; university hospital; Academic Medical Centers; Humans; Jaw Diseases; Jaw Fixation Techniques
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Orthognathic Surgery In The University Of Malaya, W.C. Ngeow, S. T. Ong, K. K. Siow, C. B. Ian
Orthognathic Surgery In The University Of Malaya, W.C. Ngeow, S. T. Ong, K. K. Siow, C. B. Ian
Wei Cheong Ngeow
This is the first review on orthognathic surgery in Malaysia. The records of a total of 84 patients seen between 1977 and 1999 in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya were analysed. Skeletal III deformity formed 85% of the sample with a female dominance of 2 to 1. The patients' age ranged from 17 to 36 years, with a mean of 25.3 years. The common surgical techniques used were combined bilateral sagittal split and Le Fort I osteotomy. The predominant ethnic group was Chinese (n=58, 69%); followed by Malay (n=14, 17%) …