Abstract: PURPOSE： To understand and analyze the status of health education materials for orthognathic surgery published by professional associations online both at home and abroad, so as to provide reference for optimizing education materials for patients with dental and maxillofacial deformities in China. METHODS: In June 2019, we searched and screened the educational materials for orthognathic patients published by the professional associations of oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and plastic surgery at home and abroad through the internet. Two researchers independently adopted content analysis method and extracted the contents of health education and the basic data of the associations through Nvivo 12.0 software for analysis. RESULTS: Thirteen associations of oral and maxillofacial surgeons, orthodontists and orthopaedic surgeons were included, involving eight countries, with various educational materials. Eighteen themes were drawn from the analysis of educational contents. The combined treatment of orthodontic and orthognathic surgery was summarized and the treatment and nursing contents of orthodontics were refined. CONCLUSIONS: Multinational professional physicians' associations have published educational materials for orthognathic surgery patients. Most of the contents of education have reached consensus. A few topics still need to be further explored. It is necessary to further integrate multi-disciplinary expertise and gradually optimize the formation of educational materials for orthognathic surgery patients in China. In the future, more associations will be encouraged to participate in the publication of health education materials on the internet, and more dental medical workers will actively carry out relevant research to promote the development of health education.

Key words: Orthognathic surgery, Health education materials, Professional association