Surgical Orthodontics

Surgical orthodontics is a combination of orthodontics and jaw surgery to correct dental and skeletal deformities in adult patients. Dr. Farhad Moshiri is a pioneer in the development of a surgical analysis and treatment planning modalities in this group of patients. He has been sharing his expertise in this area with graduate residents around the country for over 25 years. The following videos are demonstrations for correction of a few dentoskeletal deformities. A combination of these surgical procedures may also be performed.

Click here to watch a demonstration of Orthognathic surgery
Download the flash player to view all content on the Moshiri Orthodontics Homepage Click here to view the Introduction to Orthognathic Surgery video.

Example of the correction for an underdeveloped chin
Download the flash player to view all content on the Moshiri Orthodontics Homepage Demonstration video for surgical correction of an underdeveloped chin.

This underdeveloped chin can also be corrected by Dr. Moshiri in St Louis
Download the flash player to view all content on the Moshiri Orthodontics Homepage Demonstration video for surgical correction of a small lower jaw.

Here you can see a demonstration of a correction of a gummy smile
Download the flash player to view all content on the Moshiri Orthodontics Homepage Demonstration video for surgical correction of a gummy smile.

This woman has an open bite which can be corrected by Dr. Moshiri
Download the flash player to view all content on the Moshiri Orthodontics Homepage Demonstration video for surgical correction of an open bite.