Orthognathic surgery in the University of Malaya
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 fe...
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Malaysian Medical Association
2002
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/2967/1/Orthognathic_surgery_in_the_University_of_Malaya.pdf http://eprints.um.edu.my/2967/ http://www.e-mjm.org/2002/v57n4/Orthognathic_Surgery.pdf |
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| Summary: | 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) and Indian (n=12, 14). |
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