Getting Jaw Surgery in Mexico (double jaw surgery, orthognatic surgery)

All our Maxillofacial Dentists in Cancun Dental Design specialize in the study, prognostic and surgical treatment of dentofacial anomalies or deformities.

Being one of the few clinics in the world that offers Surgery First - Orthognathic Surgery our Certified Maxillofacial Surgeons use the latest tools such as jaw surgery 3d planning technology.

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Let's start explaining what is orthognathic surgery? Orthognathic surgery also known as Double jaw surgery or (Corrective Jaw Surgery) is the process of repositioning the upper jaw or lower jaw in order to re align the bite and fix overbite or underbite problems of patients.

All Surgical orthodontics are performed by our internationally renowned Oral Maxillofacial Surgeons.

Getting Jaw Surgery without insurance may cost up to $80,000 USD usually dentist in the U.S. "forget" to include on your quote things such as (surgeon fees, anesthesiologist and anesthesia costs, hospital charges, Braces)

We offer a clear pricing that can be discussed from the begining with our dental coordinator. Some frequently asked questions are:

How much does Double Jaw Surgery Cost in Mexico? The cost of double jaw surgery is $12,000 USD this includes surgeon fees, dianostics, x-rays)

How mucho does Orthognatic Surgery Cost in Mexico? The cost of Orthognatic Surgery is $8,000 USD this includes surgeon fees, dianostics, x-rays)

Having a surgical procedure outside of your country might sound risky at first but you don't have to worry about anything, in-fact in Cancun Dental Design we have an international renown Orthognathic Dentist early adopter of the "Surgery First Method"

We Walk You Thru All The Steps Of Getting Your Jaw surgery in Mexico With The Top Oral Maxillofacial Dentist In Mexico.

Orthognathic surgery treatment consists of a surgical act with general anesthesia in an operating room

The maxillofacial surgeon examines the patient, reviews all available records, and discusses with the patient and family the available jaw surgeries.

Our surgeons will discuss and focus on every part of the stomatognathic system (muscles, occlusion, chewing and swallowing functions.)

This discussion on achieving both functional and facial aesthetic goals. goes by hand with our orthodontist evaluating all the complete records, including posteroanterior, lateral, panoramic radiographs and transcranial (for tmj) 

All these studies are made to avoid maxillofacial surgery complications once we have all these records

Thanks to Digital Dental Planning and the use of 3d scanning technologies we are able to recreate a digital model of the patient with 100% accurancy. 

Allowing us to take in count everything that is involved on a jaw surgery with complete precision. 

We are able to study the patient jaw bones, the nerves and the muscles taking a deep look into the swalllowing function, chewing function and breathing in order to plan your jaw surgery success.

We diagnose our patients with Angle's classification it's important to don't be misguided about the malocclusion of the teeth (usually corrected by braces) compared to the jaw misalignment (corrected with jaw surgery)

Class I malocclusion: Same as normal bite but with a light malocclusion caused by crowded teeth, rotations, or erratic positions of the teeth.

Class II malocclusion: Retrognathic when the upper first molar is anterior to the first lower molar. 

Class III malocclusion: Prognathic when the upper first molar is posterior to the first lower molar.

The orthognathic surgery process on a traditional protocol involves 3 steps: 

1. Pre-surgery orthodontics 6, 12 or 18 months

2. Orthognathic surgery

3. Post surgery  orthodontics 6 to 18 months

Recently new methods like Surgery First reduce orthodontics to be from none to 6 months pre surgery for some qualified patients being:

1. Pre-surgery orthodontics  none to 6 months max

2. Orthognathic surgery

3. Post surgery orthodontics 6 to 18 months

On first place people who have a dentofacial deformity or maxillofacial asymmetry.

Overbite: the patient has the mandible behind the upper jaw.

Underbite: the person has the jaw forward.

Asymmetries: the patient shows notable differences between the left and right sides of the face.

Open bite: when the upper and lower front teeth do not contact.

Just to clarify these deformities aren't congenital meaning patients acquire this lack or excess of the maxillaries overtime.

These are the two most common jaw realignment surgeries to fix overbite, underbite and open bite problems.

Underbite Surgery: The Bilateral Sagittal Split is a lower jaw surgery performed on the mandible. This type of surgery allows to Advance or Retract de Mandible and fixate in the desired position to correct the occlusion.

Overbite Surgery: The Le Fort I surgery is an upper jaw surgery that consists on the Maxilar horizontal osteotomy over the line of the teeth that allows to reposition de maxilla on the correct position or inclination in the case of an Open Bite Surgery

Double Jaw Surgery: When these two types of intra-oral surgeries are performed on the same patient under General Anesthesia.

Surgery First is a surgical methodology that has revolutionized the field of orthognathic surgery in recent years. It is defined as an alternative to the 3 steps conventional procedure "orthodontics, orthognathic surgery, orthodontics".

Thus, Surgery First is presented as a methodological and technical revolution mainly for 5 reasons:

1. All patients who have their teeth well aligned and the only thing that is corrected is the existing disharmony between their jaw and maxilla, they can do without pre-surgical orthodontics.

2. The treatment time is shorter: 

3. The patient can choose the most convenient time for orthognathic surgery:

4.Free of braces before jaw surgery,

5. After the orthognathic surgery with Surgery First, The patient can enjoy the surgical results a few days after the intervention, when the inflammation disappears.

The ideal patient to have orthognathic surgery must be young and healthy because this type of surgeries involves big complications anesthetic and surgery and the patient has to agree with this risks in order to have jaw surgery, so which are the risks:

1. General Anesthesia Any patient who is under general anesthesia no matter if its jaw surgery or other surgical procedure might have their life on risk 

2. Paresthesia (Nerve Damage)

3. Infections post surgery

4. Necrosis

Eating after jaw surgery is one of the most common asked questions everyone heals at different speed but here is a  4  stage Diet you can follow :

1.Clear Water Diet (First 3 days)

2.Liquid Diet (First days at home blended with nutritional supplements)

3. Soft Diet (3 weeks after surgery)

4. Normal Diet (6 weeks after surgery)