Part 1. Surgical Anatomy and General Considerations
10.1055/b-0034-77702 ■ Part 1. Surgical Anatomy and General Considerations The Mandible as a Tubular Bone The mandible is basically a tubular long bone, the tooth-bearing portion of which is bent…
Part 2. Operative Technique and Exemplary Repair
10.1055/b-0034-77700 ■ Part 2. Operative Technique and Exemplary Repair The repair of palatal fractures is today quite different than that chosen several decades ago.1 , 2 , 19 During World…
Part 2. Current Principles of Repair
10.1055/b-0034-77697 ■ Part 2. Current Principles of Repair The craniofacial skeleton in terms of repair can be conceptualized as three functional and morphological units, created by division at the Le…
Part 1. Buttresses in Classical Architecture
10.1055/b-0034-77690 ■ Part 1. Buttresses in Classical Architecture The Greek colonial temples of the 6th and 7th centuries CE featured a flat timber roof supported by massive, vertical, marble columns….
Part 2. Buttresses of the Craniomaxillofacial Skeleton
10.1055/b-0034-77691 ■ Part 2. Buttresses of the Craniomaxillofacial Skeleton Parallels to sanctuary support systems are apparent on inspection of the craniofacial skeleton: vertical buttresses and trajectories, horizontal platforms and shelves,…
Part 1. Basic Craniofacial Biomechanics
10.1055/b-0034-77693 ■ Part 1. Basic Craniofacial Biomechanics The structure of the craniofacial skeleton1 – 3 is relatively delicate and vulnerable to the impact of new physiologic loads, whereas in adjacent…
Part 1. Peregrinations of the Past
10.1055/b-0034-77696 ■ Part 1. Peregrinations of the Past Clinical Assessment and Indications for Repair Clinical Presentation The Napoleonic and the European Wars during the Second French Empire (1792 to 1815…
Part 2. Implications of Finite Element Analysis
10.1055/b-0034-77694 ■ Part 2. Implications of Finite Element Analysis Facial architecture has historically been perceived to be a buffer to injury of supra-adjacent structures. The cranio-facial buttresses act as an…
39 Oral Rehabilitation
10.1055/b-0040-176925 39 Oral Rehabilitation Lauren M. Bolding and Ghassan G. Sinada Summary This chapter reviews the necessary steps and timeline for prosthetic reconstruction following surgical resection and/or reconstruction for head…
31 Reconstruction of Multisite Defects
10.1055/b-0040-176917 31 Reconstruction of Multisite Defects Ryan M. Smith, G. Nina Lu, and Patrick J. Byrne Summary The reconstruction of oral cavity defects following cancer resection can prove challenging. The…
