Computer-Aided Surgical Simulation for Yaw Control of the Mandibular Condyle and Its Actual Application to Orthognathic Surgery: A One-Year Follow-Up Study

Ju-Won Kim, Jong-Cheol Kim, Kyeong-Jun Cheon, Seoung-Won Cho, Young-Hee Kim and Byoung-Eun Yang
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Ju-Won Kim: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14066, Korea
Jong-Cheol Kim: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14066, Korea
Kyeong-Jun Cheon: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14066, Korea
Seoung-Won Cho: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14066, Korea
Young-Hee Kim: Graduate School of Clinical Dentistry, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
Byoung-Eun Yang: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14066, Korea

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: Background : Favourable occlusal interdigitation and an optimized position of the mandibular condyle after surgery are essential for obtaining favourable results. The position of the condyle is determined during the operation. However, it is difficult to maintain the condyle’s original position post-surgery despite the efforts of the surgeons. Indeed, a degree of rotation of the condyle is unavoidable, since it is difficult to verify whether the condyle is positioned correctly during surgery. Purpose : To maximize contact between the bone segments, the condyle was rotated around the vertical axis using surgical simulations. We examined changes to the condyle-fossa relationship after comparing virtual surgery to actual surgery. Methods : From 2015 to 2017, 20 patients were diagnosed with skeletal malocclusion and participated in computer-aided surgical simulation before undergoing orthognathic surgery. In the simulation, the mandibular condyles were rotated around the vertical axis, and the proximal segments were fixed to the distal segments using a customized miniplate and positioning device during actual surgery. This study investigated the relationship between the condyle and fossa using cone-beam computed tomography for several different time periods (preoperative (T0), virtual surgery (Tv), postoperative three days (T1) and one year (T2)). Results : The coronal and sagittal view exhibited significant differences in the mean values between T1and T0, Tv, and T2 for all joint spaces. As a result of the distance, the mean value of T2 in both the superior joint space (JS) and the lateral JS was significantly higher than that of Tv. In contrast, the mean value of Tv in the medial JS was significantly higher than that of T2. Moreover, the mean value of T2 on the axial plane was significantly larger than the values of Tv and T1. The mean value of T0 was also significantly larger than those of Tv and T1, and the mean value of Tv was larger than that of T1. Although the condyle was rotated, it exhibited a tendency to return to its preoperative position. There was no statistically significant difference in functional evaluation between T0 and T2. Conclusion : Our method of using yaw control for the condyle during virtual surgery and transferring this technique to the actual surgery can improve the conventional surgical technique by positioning the proximal segment in a pre-planned position, thus achieving optimal results.

Keywords: craniofacial; computer-aided simulation; virtual surgery; orthognathic; cone-beam computed tomography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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