A discussion of an accurate maxillary superior repositioning technique without intraoperative measurement in bimaxillary orthognathic surgery

摘要

We read the article by Omura et al. with great interest. The authors present a technique for maxillary superior repositioning in bimaxillary orthognathic surgery that can additionally be used for condylar positioning, which is very interesting. Nonetheless, three points deserve further discussion. Firstly, the authors mention that 'there has been no report of a technique that controls the position of both the maxilla and mandible simultaneously'. Although the use of locking plates is innovative, similar techniques for both maxillary and condylar repositioning using non-locking plates have already been reported.