- visor/sandwich osteotomy
- a combination of the visor and sandwich osteotomies in which the cut is in the vertical plane posterior to the mental foramina and at a 45° angle in the anterior region.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
visor/sandwich osteotomy
Look at other dictionaries:
sandwich osteotomy — a surgical technique for augmenting an atrophic mandible; it is similar to a visor osteotomy (q.v.) but the split is a horizontal one confined between the mental foramina so that only the anterior portion of the cranial fragment is lifted upward … Medical dictionary
visor osteotomy — a surgical technique for augmenting an atrophic mandible, performed by splitting the mandible sagittally and sliding the cranial fragment upward, then supporting the structure with interposed grafts. Cf. sandwich o … Medical dictionary
