Facial Bone Contouring Surgery: A Practical Guide

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Sang-Hoon Park MD PhD is a pioneer in the field of facial bone surgery in Korea and President and Chief of Surgeons at ID Hospital Seoul Korea. He began performing facial bone and orthognathic surgery while a faculty member at Asan Medical Center Seoul. After founding his own private plastic surgery hospital in 2004 he focused increasingly on improving both functional and aesthetic aspects in patients undergoing facial bone surgery. He fabricated and invented the globally renowned V-line surgery which significantly improved patients aesthetic satisfaction. To date he has operated on more than 3000 mandible and zygoma reduction surgery cases and is recognized for his work far beyond Korea indeed worldwide. Dr. Park has developed a wide array of techniques to improve methods of orthognathic surgery. He has also developed the surgery-first technique which omits preoperative orthodontic treatment meaning that patients no longer need to spend 12 years suffering from braces prior to surgery. In addition postsurgical tying of the upper and lower teeth (maxilla and mandible) is no longer necessary greatly improving and shortening the period of recovery while immensely improving patient comfort. Dr. Park has made media appearances both globally and domestically and has authored various articles including in The New York Times and the Washington Post.