How does this compare to the Dolphin or Nemotec 3D VSP software our surgical team already uses?

Dolphin- or Nemotec-style virtual surgical planning software works from a CBCT scan and produces the millimeter-precise movement plan your surgeon actually operates from — it's used once a patient has committed to the workup. Makeover's preview works from a single 2D photo and is built for the stage before that: the first joint consult, when the goal is getting the patient to say yes to the CBCT and the VSP process at all.

Does the preview handle single-jaw cases and combined bimax surgery?

Yes. It can reflect a maxillary-only LeFort I movement, a mandible-only BSSO, or a combined bimax case where both jaws move. Describe the planned movement and it renders accordingly on the patient's own profile.

Can it show a genioplasty or rhinoplasty done alongside the jaw movement?

Yes. Many orthognathic cases pair a genioplasty with the jaw movement for chin projection, and some patients combine a septorhinoplasty in the same operative session. The preview reflects these combined procedures for practices that manage staged or single-session cases.

How accurate is the soft tissue prediction?

Soft tissue response to skeletal movement is a known variable even in CT-based surgical planning software — individual soft tissue thickness affects how much of a hard tissue movement shows on the surface. The preview applies typical soft-tissue-to-hard-tissue movement ratios used in orthognathic planning to produce a realistic, proportional result. It's a consultation and case-acceptance tool, not a replacement for the millimeter-precise CT-based VSP your surgeon uses to actually execute the case.

Does the patient need a CBCT scan or cephalometric x-ray for this preview?

No. A standard profile photo captured at the consult is enough. Save the CBCT and cephalometric workup for after the patient has committed — that's when your surgical team builds the actual surgical plan.

Can it show the final result before presurgical orthodontic decompensation starts?

Yes, and this is one of the most useful applications. Presurgical orthodontics intentionally moves teeth into a position that makes the bite look and feel worse before surgery corrects it. Showing the patient their final post-surgical profile before decompensation begins keeps them committed through the 12–18 months where the interim bite looks off.

Are patient photos retained?

That's your call, not ours — it's your software. We build the storage and retention policy around what your practice needs and make sure it meets HIPAA and any other regulation that applies. No training on patient data, ever.

There's no off-the-shelf plan, so there's no published price list. Share your details and we'll discuss project scope and pricing on a free consultation call — see /pricing for details.

Orthodontics

Show jaw surgery patients their new profile before they book the CBCT workup

Photograph the patient's profile at the joint consult. Makeover generates a photorealistic post-surgical preview in seconds — their own face, not a cephalometric tracing — before they commit to 12–24 months of combined orthodontic and surgical treatment.

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What is a jaw surgery preview preview?

A jaw surgery preview tool uses AI to generate a photorealistic image of a patient's facial profile after orthognathic surgery — procedures like a LeFort I maxillary osteotomy, a bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO) to advance or set back the mandible, or a genioplasty. The surgeon or orthodontist captures a baseline profile photo, and the tool produces a side-by-side comparison showing the corrected profile on the patient's own face, not a cephalometric tracing or a stock surgical illustration. Oral and maxillofacial surgery practices use this during the joint consultation to move patients from "I'll think about it" to scheduling the CBCT workup and surgical planning process.

Why it matters

Orthognathic surgery runs $20,000–$60,000 all-in once you count the surgeon, hospital, anesthesia, and the presurgical and postsurgical orthodontics that bracket it — and the treatment arc is 12 to 24 months from first records to final debond. The functional case is usually airtight: sleep apnea, TMJ pain, chewing dysfunction, chronic bite trauma. What stalls the case isn't need, it's the profile. Patients who have lived with a Class II retrognathic or Class III prognathic jaw their whole life delay surgery for years because they can't separate "my bite gets fixed" from "my face changes," and a cephalometric printout or a surgical treatment objective tracing doesn't answer that fear — it's a stick figure, not their face.

Who uses this

Oral and maxillofacial surgeons running the initial surgical consult. Orthodontists co-managing the combined ortho-surgical case who need the patient bought in before presurgical decompensation starts. Treatment coordinators presenting the joint timeline and financial plan. Practices that run combined ortho/OMS conferences use it as the shared visual both providers reference in the same appointment.

Heard this from a patient?

Patients delay scheduling jaw surgery for years — even with documented TMJ pain, sleep apnea, or chewing dysfunction — because they can't get past "I won't look like me anymore."

You show them a cephalometric tracing or a surgical treatment objective (STO) printout. They say, "I can't tell what that means for my actual face."

Once presurgical orthodontics starts, their bite visibly worsens as teeth decompensate toward the surgical correction — and without having seen the final result first, patients panic mid-treatment and threaten to stop.

How jaw surgery preview previews work

Three steps. Under 10 seconds. No design skills needed.

Capture a profile photo

The standard lateral profile shot ortho and OMS already take for records. No CBCT or cephalometric x-ray needed at this stage — a phone photo at the joint consult is enough.

AI generates the surgical outcome preview

The model applies the planned movement — maxillary advancement, mandibular setback or advancement, genioplasty — to the patient's own facial profile, not a generic template face.

Present during the joint consultation

Their own face, before and after, on screen while ortho and OMS walk through the combined timeline together. Patients say yes to the workup in the room, not three consults later.

Common questions about jaw surgery preview

Straight answers. No jargon.

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