Management of dental deformity, pilot study

Introduction: Dentofacial deformity means deviations from normal facial proportions and
dental relationships that are severe enough to be hand capping
Aim of the study : The aim of this study was to disclose abnormal findings in a series of
patients with dentofacial deformities with different etiology and different methods of management .
Subjets and methods: At the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery faculty of oral
and dental medicine south valley university from january2015 to December 2017 all the patients
presented with dentofacial deformity was investigated ,diagnosed and managed all the data
collected and analyzed and presented through this study the results 12 patients 8 females and
4 males presented with dentofacial deformities of variable causes were managed by different means
ranged from functionsl appliances to maxillary osteotomies the conclusion dentofacial deformity
has different etiologic factors and treatment must be adapted to the case limits