"General quality of life, assessed by means of SF-36, also revealed significant improvements in mental health six months after surgery as well as in physical aspects six weeks after surgery. Thus, orthosurgical treatment was considered effective, producing significant psychosocial and functional improvements for patients.
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"..aesthetically impaired to the degree of having a social handicap. Improvement of facial aesthetics after surgery was associa ated with improvement of social acceptance. Still others were the victims of ridicule, as in an 11-year-old boy, who was given by his schoolmates the nickname “Boogy”, a cartoon character on Egyptian TV. The child felt embarrassed to the degree that he refused to go school. The surgery had a positive influence on the relationships with his schoolmates. Interestingly in this study, some patients reported postoperative improvement of facial aesthetics more than they reported such improvement as their motive for seeking treatment."
"Orthognathic surgery may have an impact on quality of life (Cunningham et al., 2002). At a clinical review 3 years after surgery, patients monitored by our team fill in a questionnaire addressing their opinions of the treatment result in terms of improvement in dental and facial appearance, chewing ability, speech, impact on social life, satisfaction with overall result, and whether they would re-elect surgery with their present experience (Espeland et al., 2008b). Findings among 705 consecutively operated patients appear from Tables 2–4. Totally 90.6% reported that they were satisfied with the overall treatment result, and 88.5% indicated that they would have re-elected surgery based on their present experiences. Of those expressing dissatisfaction, 47.0% stated that they would have made the same decision."