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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2010 Apr;137(4 Suppl):S120–S129. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2009.04.021

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Difference in assessment of soft tissue changes 1 week and 6 weeks after maxillary advancement and mandibular subapical osteotomy. A–B, Transparency overlays. A, Superimposition of pre-surgery (white) and 1 week post-surgery (red). B, Superimposition of pre-surgery (white) and 6 weeks post-surgery (red). C–F, Surface distance color maps of A and B superimpositions. C–D, Lateral views. E–F, Frontal views. Note 1 week post-surgery swelling and that blue surface distances at the neck are artifacts due to differences in cervical positioning between 1 week and 6 week 3D imaging acquisitions.