When a person’s problem with their jaws and teeth is due to the shape of the underlying bone, sometimes orthognathic (jaw) surgery is the most ideal option to improve the airway as well as acheiving the functional and esthetic goals of the patient. This can be due to narrow jaws, or an upper and/or lower jaw that is either too far forward to too far back. Surgical orthodontic treatment involves having braces to coordinate the teeth followed by orthognathic (jaw) surgery to move the bones to their correct positions, and finally a second shorter round of orthodontics to bring the teeth together (into occlusion).
In June 2010, Dr. Ward completed a 2 year post-graduate course with the AEO group (Advanced Education in Orthodontics) focussing on surgical orthodontics. This training has given Dr. Ward the tools to predictably diagnose, plan treatments for, and provide pre-surgical and post-surgical orthodontics.
