Feasibility of osteotomies in fibrous dysplasia of the jaws.

Two examples are presented of osteotomies performed simultaneously with surgical recontouring in cases of fibrous dysplasia of the jaws. Osteotomies are necessary when a coexistent discrepancy in jaw relationship is present. This provides a functional as well as aesthetic result. Rigid miniplate fixation was utilised, and dysplastic bone healing was uneventful, and found clinically not to differ from that of normal bone. Osteotomy is thus feasible in dysplastic bone, and may complement recontouring in achieving a better result.