sagittal splitting of mandible

sagittal splitting of mandible
intraoral osteotomy of the ascending mandibular ramus and posterior body of the mandible in the sagittal plane for correction of prognathism, retrognathism, or open bite; an alternative procedure confines the split to the body of the mandible.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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