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The Correction of Facial Prognathism

This condition is not rare, but until relatively recently surgical correction was rarely attempted. Modern anaesthesia and antibiotics reduce the hazards of these procedures which, although they correct or improve masticatory function etc., are from the patient's point of view mainly cosmetic surgery. Patients are referred by medical and dental practitioners for an opinion regarding possible surgery to correct their deformity. The reasons given include inability or difficulty in masticating food, pain, discomfort or derangement of the temporo-mandibular joint, abnormalities of speech and aesthetic considerations. Whatever reasons are put forward and regardless of their validity, a short conversation with the patient confirms in the majority of cases that appearance has been the real initiating factor. Ridicule from companions, real or imagined derogatory remarks by other people in a gathering, shyness, particularly with the opposite sex, or the desire to be normal can create a psychological state of sufficient importance for aesthetics alone to be an adequate reason for operation. Some of our patients of both sexes have been married with families, yet have finally been driven to seek surgical help because of a deeply-seated hatred of their abnormal profile. In our view males are just as sensitive as females about their abnormality.