neithernorwood
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I'm a bit confused by mouth protrusion -- for which surgeons offer fix by bringing back the mouth towards the back of the skill -- vs discussions of forward growth -- which suggest the opposite is desirable.
Mouth protrusion
You can see here these surgeons intentionally recess the mouth:
Forward growth
Whereas here we have:
So my current understanding is that the forward growth is more about the UPPER part of the maxilla (and keeping the lower jaw in line). So you can have bad forward growth if your upper maxilla is recessed and your lower maxilla is projected outward. Is that right? And the proper fix in this case not to bring the mouth backwards as is offered on that website but rather bring the upper part of the maxilla forwards (maybe with CCW).
So if you have mouth protrusion but also not a lot of forward growth, probably you need le fort 2? Because le fort 1 advancement would just make the protrusion worse? I'm having trouble understanding how le fort 1 with forward growth helps you if you have mouth protrusion already.
Mouth protrusion
You can see here these surgeons intentionally recess the mouth:
Forward growth
Whereas here we have:
So my current understanding is that the forward growth is more about the UPPER part of the maxilla (and keeping the lower jaw in line). So you can have bad forward growth if your upper maxilla is recessed and your lower maxilla is projected outward. Is that right? And the proper fix in this case not to bring the mouth backwards as is offered on that website but rather bring the upper part of the maxilla forwards (maybe with CCW).
So if you have mouth protrusion but also not a lot of forward growth, probably you need le fort 2? Because le fort 1 advancement would just make the protrusion worse? I'm having trouble understanding how le fort 1 with forward growth helps you if you have mouth protrusion already.
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