Contemporary Treatment of Dentofacial Deformity

Features

• Includes an entire section on diagnosis and treatment planning - with a strong emphasis on the diagnosis of soft tissue problems.
• Explains methods for treating certain dentofacial deformities with distraction osteogenesis.
• Provides current information on integrated treatment, where the orthodontist, the oral and maxillofacial surgeon, and/or the plastic surgeon work as a team to achieve the ideal result for each patient.
• Discusses the newest computer technology for prediction/imaging techniques to view the probable "after" results before treatment ever begins.
• Includes up-to-date content on surgical complications and how to manage these problems.
• Real-life case studies visually take the reader from pre-treatment to post-treatment for the many techniques taught in the book.
• Provides content on adolescent growth and its relation to orthodontic treatment, maturational changes, and the treatment of asymmetric facial deformities with surgery and orthodontics.
• Includes colorful cephalometric tracings to illustrate the before-and-after results of surgery.
• Pre- and post-surgery cephalometric radiographs show the changes to the structures of the face and jaws.

Full-color images bring the tangible results of orthodontic and oral surgery treatment to life.

Contents

 
PART 1: THE NATURE OF DENTOFACIAL DEFORMITY  
 
1. Dentofacial Problems: Prevalence and Treatment Need  
2. The Development of Dentofacial Deformity: Influences and Etiologic Factors  
3. Psychosocial Aspects of Dentofacial Deformity and its Treatment  
 
 
PART 2: DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT PLANNING APPROACHES  
 
4. Evaluation of Facial Soft Tissues  
5. Diagnosis: Gathering and Organizing the Appropriate Information  
6. Treatment Planning: Optimizing Benefit to the Patient  
7. Combining Surgery and Orthodontics: Who Does What, When?  
 
 
PART 3: SURGICAL TREATMENT  
 
8. Principles of Surgical Management of Dentofacial Deformity  
9. Maxillary Surgery  
10. Mandibular Surgery  
11. Combining Surgical Procedures in the Mandible and Maxilla  
12. Maxillofacial Distraction Osteogenesis  
13. Adjunctive Esthetic Surgery  
 
 
PART 4: CLINICAL TREATMENT  
 
15. Mandibular Deficiency  
16. Long-Face Problems  
17. Class III Problems  
18. Dentofacial Asymmetry  
 
 
PART 5: DENTOFACIAL TREATMENT: OUTCOMES AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS  
 
19. Physiologic Responses to Treatment and Postsurgical Stability  
20. Prevention and Management of Complications