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Structured Fat Grafting for Correction of Facial Asymmetry
There are a multitude of conditions that can result in facial asymmetry. For many of these patients, the asymmetry affects multiple tissue planes...
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Imaging and Facial Asymmetry
Facial asymmetry may occur due to multiple etiologies, including developmental, pathologic, and traumatic conditions or a variable combination of...
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Management of Asymmetric Dentofacial Deformities with Digital Planning
Virtual planning is regarded as the standard of care for the correction of dentofacial deformities. The presence of craniofacial asymmetry frequently...
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Diagnosis and Patient Evaluation
Facial features are more symmetric in certain people compared with others, yet facial asymmetry of different degrees is present in every individual....
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Facial Implants: Autogenous Bone Grafts and Alloplastic Implants
Facial asymmetry is a common condition impacted by a wide array of conditions. It often presents as a complex problem from the perspective of...
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Skeletal Corrections of Facial Asymmetry
Facial asymmetries can manifest in all thirds of the face and in all planes (sagittal, transverse, and vertical). Significant asymmetry in...
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Facial Asymmetry Caused by Condylar Hyperplasia
Hyperplasia indicates the increased production and growth of normal cells in a tissue or organ without an increase in the size of the cells but the...
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Intraoral Distraction Osteogenesis in Facial Asymmetries
This chapter gives an overview about the indications, biology and biomechanics of intraoral distraction osteogenesis as its relates to the surgical...
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Indications for Mandibular Setback
The word prognathism—class III dysgnathia, mandibular prognathism, class III malocclusion—is derived from Greek πρό (pro, “forward”) and γνάθος...
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Diagnosis in Mandibular Asymmetries, Vertical and Horizontal Rotation
The following elements must be considered when assessing hemi- or bilateral mandibular asymmetry morphologically:...
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Retromolar Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis RMDO
Lengthening the human mandible by distraction osteogenesis (DOG) has become an accepted treatment alternative in selected cases to correct mandibular...
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Post-Surgical Complications and Care
Postoperative complications can be divided into immediate complications during the termination of the anesthesia and the first 3 h thereafter...
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Vertical Ramus Osteotomy and Mandibular Setback
Vertical splitting of the ascending mandibular branch is an old procedure. This technique is suitable when the mandible is to be repositioned,...
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Preoperative Planning and Preparation for Surgery in Segmental Mandibular Osteotomies
The surgical preparations require the same care as for other orthognathic procedures. Particular attention must be paid to the subapical bone supply...
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Controversy
The controversial topic of the association between malocclusion and TMD has been extensively discussed in the literature, often with contradictory...
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BSSO Relevant Clinical and Topographic Anatomy (Studies and Variations)
Detailed knowledge of topographic conditions is required for all surgical procedures. Measurements and landmarks help to make the preoperative...
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Principle Surgical Technique
Genioplasty can be performed so that the chin can be relocated as a whole or divided. The inclination of the osteotomy line can be adjusted to the...
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Tricks and Typical Mistakes
Segment osteotomies can present challenges to even the most experienced surgeon because the surgical margin of maneuver is limited. Tips and tricks...
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Definition of Standard Procedures
The surgical standard interventions are differentiated between procedures in the region of the mandibular angle and ascending ramus—concerning the...
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General Rules in Sagittal Splitting – Five Steps
The operation for sagittal splitting of the mandible is composed of a logical sequence of surgical steps that must be consistently followed during...