Virtual, or computer-aided, surgery is a process that integrates computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) into surgical treatment planning by providing a means to (1) visualize and analyze 3-dimensional…
Modern surgical pathology of the head and neck has roots from the late 19th century, but the most significant leaps in diagnosis and treatment of these disease entities have rapidly…
The management of craniomaxillofacial (CMF) traumatic injuries can be challenging. Adequately restoring a patient to a preinjurious state of form and function can at times be vexing, even for the…
The goal of dental implant therapy is the accurate and predictable restoration of a patient’s dentition. These goals are best achieved when all members of the surgical and restorative team…
Computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology is used to design and manufacture products using digital technologies. The term CAD/CAM implies that an engineer can use the system for designing a product…
This article addresses the use of CT and other imaging modalities in oral and maxillofacial surgery, with an emphasis on dentoalveolar surgery. In the 2005 issue of the Atlas of…
In 1972, the independent findings of Hounsfield and Cormack revolutionized diagnostic imaging with the invention of the computed tomography (CT) scanner . For the first time, practitioners had access to…
Gary Orentlicher, DMD, Guest Editor Those of us who have not been stranded on a desert island for the last two decades realize how computers and digital technologies have crept…
