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Oral Surgery |
 Orthognathic surgery is the type surgery performed by Oral Surgeons to correct skeletal mismatches. The word orthognathic is derived from "ortho" meaning correct or straight and "gnathos" meaning jaw. These situations involve a situation where one of the jaws is:
- too large
- too small
- too far forward or
- too far back in relation to the rest of the skull
Orthognathic Surgery is not intended to replace orthodontics for straightening the teeth when the relatinship ot the jaws is within the normal range, but cannot change the relationship of the jaw.
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