What is Corrective Jaw Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
Corrective Jaw Surgery is considered when a person’s airway is too constricted for normal healthy breathing to occur. Corrective Jaw Surgery is also known as orthognathic surgery. The word “orthognathic” comes from two Greek words – orthos, meaning straight, and gnathos, meaning jaws. Orthognathic surgery generally consists of one or more of the following corrections: advancing the maxilla (upper jaw), advancing the mandible (lower jaw), and correcting the positioning of the chin. Orthognathic surgery is designed to correct the conditions and problems of OSA by making the affected person’s airway larger to allow normal healthy breathing to occur, especially at night time while the person is sleeping.
