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Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 1 Surgical changes measured in P-A cephalograms 1 month before and 6 months after surgery

From: Horizontal change of philtrum after orthognathic surgery in patients with facial asymmetry

 

Change of the maxillary midline

Change of the mandibular midline

Change of the maxillary canting

Surgical movement

1.3 ± 0.9 mm

1.9 ± 1.7 mm

2.0 ± 1.7 mm

  1. The directions of surgical movements of the maxilla and mandible were unilateral from the deviated to the contralateral side; therefore, only the absolute amount of surgical movement was calculated
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