Should I Get Midfacial Implants Before or After MARPE Therapy?

Q: Dr. Eppley, Hello, yes in my case it wouldn’t even be forward growth, it would only be horizontal. I have a crossbite and mild sleep apnea, so it would just be for tooth crowding. I’m not sure I want to go through with it, but I was wondering if I did, if it would affect the implants placed on my midface. I still want to go through will all the procedures we have discussed, I just want to know if in the hypothetical case I did marpe, whether I should, proceed with the planned procedure, divide the current procedures into two surgeries, or wait to do them.

A:I don’t believe that MARPE therapy would have any impact on mid face implant argumentation whether it was done before, during, or after implant placements.

Dr. Barry Eppley

World-Renowned Plastic Surgeon