Honma Motoyasu, Yoshiba Sayaka, Miyamoto Saya, Himi Nanae, Haga Shugo, Ogura Sumire, Maki Koutaro, Masaoka Yuri, Izumizaki Masahiko, Shirota Tatsuo
Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Oral Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
Front Psychol. 2024 Sep 10;15:1426820. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1426820. eCollection 2024.
Changes in facial appearance due to orthognathic surgery are known to improve a patient's postoperative quality of life, however, potential changes in cognitive function are unknown. This study examined the effects of changes in facial appearance due to orthognathic surgery on the sensitivity to self and to outside objects in patients with jaw deformities.
Patients with jaw deformities ( = 22) and healthy controls ( = 30) were tested at 3 months preoperatively, at 1 month preoperatively, and at 1 month postoperatively to assess their impression of objects (positive, negative, and neutral pictures) and their evaluation of their own face and body.
The results showed that changes in facial appearance improved self-evaluation and increased their sensitivity to emotional objects even when the objects were identical. Furthermore, the improving rating for own face was associated with the sensitivity for objects.
The changes in facial appearance in patients may have helped to clear the sensitivity to these emotional objects. These findings may provide a new indicator of efficacy in orthognathic surgery.
正颌手术导致的面部外观变化已知可改善患者术后的生活质量,然而,认知功能的潜在变化尚不清楚。本研究探讨了正颌手术导致的面部外观变化对颌骨畸形患者自我及外界物体敏感度的影响。
对颌骨畸形患者(n = 22)和健康对照者(n = 30)在术前3个月、术前1个月和术后1个月进行测试,以评估他们对物体(正面、负面和中性图片)的印象以及对自己面部和身体的评价。
结果表明,面部外观的变化改善了自我评估,并提高了他们对情感物体的敏感度,即使物体相同。此外,对面部的改善评分与对物体的敏感度相关。
患者面部外观的变化可能有助于消除对这些情感物体的敏感度。这些发现可能为正颌手术的疗效提供一个新的指标。