Impacts of Orthognathic Surgery on Patient Satisfaction, Overall Quality of Life, and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life: A Systematic Literature Review

Table 5

Results for the global and domain scores on the SF-36 ().

Study design	Follow-up duration	Main results	References
(1) Prospective	T0: baseline; T1: 6 weeks after surgery; T2: 6 months after surgery	T0-T1: significant reductions in scores for the physical health, mental health, and social domains.; T0–T2: no significant change in any domain, except for an increase in the score for the emotional component.	Lee et al. [9]
(2) Retrospective	21 months after surgery	Significant differences in the components general health, vitality and mental health between the pre- and postsurgery groups favoring the group of patients who underwent surgery.	Al-Ahmad et al. [20]
(3) Prospective	T0: baseline; T1: 6 weeks after surgery; T2: 6 months after surgery; T3: after orthodontic treatment (at least 12 months after orthognathic surgery and 6 months after the end of orthodontic treatment)	T0-T1: significant reduction in the score for the domain physical health.; T0–T3: significant improvement in the component mental health after the end of orthodontic treatment.	Choi et al. [3]
(4) Prospective	T0: before surgery; T1: 6 to 8 months after surgery	Significant differences in the physical and bodily pain components () between the groups at T0.; No significant difference between groups at T1 ().	Khadka et al. [23]