[<<Surgery First>> or two-stage protocol for the comprehensive rehabilitation of patients with combined deformities of the jaws].

The review article examines the methodology for the complex treatment of patients with occlusion anomalies without prior orthodontic treatment, the problems of treating patients with combined jaw deformities, the history of the development and appearance of orthognathic surgery, the prerequisites for the emergence of a two-stage treatment method. Differences between two-step and classic treatment protocols. The authors described the problems associated with the use of the two-stage treatment method, the advantages of the two-stage treatment method in comparison with the classic three-stage approach, examined the goals, objectives and differences of orthodontic treatment, identified the problems associated with the implementation of this treatment method.