Ideal satisfactory treatment outcome is sometimes beyond the combined skills of the health care team dealing with severe dentofacial deformities. However, the orthodontist and the maxillofacial surgeon, being aware of the complex nature of severe skeletal discrepancies should assess thoroughly the preoperative diagnostic data to reach a mutual understanding of the case before formulating their treatment planning.
Working with a team in an interdisciplinary approach will ensure that the patients and parents will have access to all the necessary professional advice and assistance; and specialists will collaborate to select the best available treatment options that would meet the acceptable standards of facial harmony and balance.
In this lecture, the author will present retreated orthosurgical cases which because of the lack of professional cooperation, the outcome was disappointing and resulted with serious psychic trauma to the patients and parents.