Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery · New Jersey
Functional and Aesthetic Jaw Surgery
Dr. Benjamin Subtelny founded Subtelny Face & Jaw as a surgical practice dedicated to corrective jaw and TMJ surgery, with each operation carefully planned to achieve aesthetic facial balance, an open airway, and a healthy bite built on stable jaw joints. Cases are completed in close collaboration with your orthodontist. Every plan has one goal: a result that looks natural and feels like you.
- Board certification
- American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Fellowship training
- Subspecialty fellowship in complex orthognathic, TMJ, and craniomaxillofacial surgery
- Consultations
- Paramus · Old Bridge
- Surgical privileges
- Hackensack University Medical Center · Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick · Jersey City Medical Center · St. Joseph's University Medical Center · Saint Peter's University Hospital
Approach
Form Follows Function
The bones of the face set its shape. The same movements that correct a bite or open an airway also set the profile, the chin, the jawline, the lips, and the neck. Correcting the bite is the starting point of jaw surgery. Dr. Subtelny plans every operation to achieve far more: a balanced, natural face, a beautiful smile, and an open airway, all designed together in one three-dimensional plan.
The Face
Facial proportions, profile, how much tooth shows at rest and in a smile, lip support, chin projection, and the definition of the jawline and neck are measured and planned to the millimeter. Correct skeletal support gives the skin and soft tissues a lasting framework that looks balanced and natural today, while fighting the effects of gravity through aging.
The Airway
Jaw surgery is always an airway procedure, even for patients without sleep apnea, because the tongue and soft palate move with the jaws. Every plan accounts for its effect on breathing.
The Bite
Jaws positioned so the teeth fit together, with your orthodontist refining the final details. This is the least jaw surgery should achieve. A bite can be corrected at the expense of the airway or the jawline, for example by setting the lower jaw back alone. Dr. Subtelny designs every plan so the bite, the face, and the airway improve together, and positions the jaws to create a naturally beautiful smile.
The surgeon
Benjamin Subtelny, DDS
Dr. Subtelny completed his residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey. He chose St. Joseph's because its high volume of facial trauma is the proving ground for a confident, effective facial surgeon. He then completed subspecialty fellowship training in complex orthognathic, TMJ, and craniomaxillofacial surgery. During fellowship, he performed hundreds of operations in corrective jaw surgery, TMJ surgery, facial trauma, and reconstruction.
For Dr. Subtelny, that volume of cases in a short time developed the artistic eye that aesthetic and functional results demand. Treating cases across the full range of facial deformity taught him which combination of movements best serves a face. The operation itself became second nature, while the artistry in planning that drives beautiful, predictable results continues to make the work invigorating.
He is board-certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Practice
What We Treat
- Corrective and Aesthetic Jaw SurgeryOrthognathic surgery for underbites, overbites, open bites, asymmetry, and long or short faces. Chin refinement, jawline, and neck contouring can be added.LeFort I · BSSO · Genioplasty
- TMJ SurgeryThe full range of joint surgery, from minimally invasive arthroscopy to open joint repair and total joint replacement, for pain, locking, and degenerative disease.Arthroscopy · Arthroplasty · Joint replacement
- Sleep Apnea SurgeryMaxillomandibular advancement for patients with obstructive sleep apnea who cannot tolerate CPAP, planned to open the airway and keep the face balanced.MMA · Genial advancement · Nasal airway
- Custom Facial ImplantsJaw, chin, and cheek implants designed for each face from a 3D scan and analysis of the soft tissue drape. They strengthen the jawline, chin, or cheekbones when the bite is already correct. They can also be added to jaw surgery when moving the bone alone cannot achieve the result a patient desires or a case demands.Jawline · Chin · Cheek
- Nerve RepairEvaluation and microsurgical repair of inferior alveolar and lingual nerve injuries after wisdom tooth removal, dental implants, or trauma.Neurolysis · Neurorrhaphy · Grafting
- Facial PathologyDiagnosis and removal of cysts and tumors of the jaws, salivary stones and gland disease, and lesions of the facial skin, with reconstruction planned to protect function and appearance.Biopsy · Excision · Reconstruction
Orthodontics
Coordinated With Your Orthodontist
Corrective jaw surgery is a partnership between surgeon and orthodontist. Dr. Subtelny works with your orthodontist at every stage, so tooth movement and jaw surgery fit together as one comprehensive treatment.
Before Braces
The surgical goals and the tooth movements needed to reach them are agreed upon with your orthodontist before treatment begins.
Before Surgery
Dr. Subtelny plans every three-dimensional movement of the jaws on a computer ahead of time. That plan produces the splints, guides, and implants that allow for precision in the operating room. While every plan is tailored to the patient's goals, the process behind it is the same every time, and your orthodontist is welcomed throughout.
After Surgery
Your orthodontist receives updates at each milestone, and you return to them to finish treatment.
Process
How a Case Is Planned
Jaw and facial surgery is decided long before the operating room. Every case moves through the same five stages, and Dr. Subtelny is the surgeon at each one.
Consultation and Facial Analysis
A detailed analysis of the face and its soft tissues, at rest and in animation, along with the teeth, jaws, joints, and airway. Records include facial measurements, clinical photographs, a cone-beam CT scan, and digital scans of the teeth.
Coordination
Goals and timing are agreed upon with your orthodontist, dentist, or sleep physician before anything is scheduled.
Virtual Surgical Planning
Dr. Subtelny plans every movement himself, in three dimensions on your own scan. Each is tailored to your goals and your soft tissue drape, and measured in millimeters for a natural result.
Surgery
Performed under general anesthesia at a hospital where Dr. Subtelny holds privileges, by the surgeon who planned it.
Recovery and Follow-Up
Scheduled visits through bone healing and beyond, with updates sent to your referring doctor at each stage.
For referring doctors
Your Patient, Kept in the Loop
Most patients in this practice are referred by orthodontists, dentists, and physicians. Every referral comes with the same commitments.
Contact Within One Business Day
We call your patient to schedule and confirm to your office that we have.
A Written Consultation Report
Findings, diagnosis, imaging interpretation, and the proposed plan, sent within one week of the visit, with a call the same day if anything urgent is found.
Shared Planning
Orthodontists are welcome to join the virtual surgical planning session before surgery is scheduled.
Updates at Each Milestone
After surgery, at release to orthodontic finishing, and at final follow-up.
Referring a nerve injury? Call directly for a prompt appointment: (201) 509-5648
Consultations
Two Locations, One Surgeon
Paramus
Bergen County, New Jersey
Old Bridge
Middlesex County, New Jersey
Virtual consultations are also available for patients in New Jersey and New York. Scheduling a Virtual Consultation