Abstract
Successful treatment of cases with asymmetry starts with clear assessment and quantification on the deviation with reference to six degrees of freedom. The asymmetries in the maxillo-mandibular complex (MMC) could be confined to the maxilla alone, mandible alone, or a combination of both the maxilla and the mandible and the interrelationship with occlusion. The effect of midsagittal deviations on MMC, the methods to assess, and a suitable treatment plan for the successful management would also be discussed.
There is no symmetry in nature. One eye is never exactly the same as the other.
—Edouard Manet
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Chng, C.K., Gandedkar, N.H., Liou, E.J.W. (2019). Management of Skeletal Asymmetry with Surgery-First Orthognathic Approach. In: Surgery-First Orthodontic Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18696-8_10
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