By

Michael Ehrenfeld, MD, DDS, PhD, Professor and Chairperson , Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery , Ludwig-Maximilians University, Lindwurmstr. 2a , 80337 München, Germany
Paul N Manson, MD, Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 8152 R. McElderry Wing, 601 North Caroline Str, Baltimore, MD 21287-0981, USA
Joachim Prein, MD, DDS, PhD, Professor emeritus, Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstr. 21, 4031 Basel, Switzerland

Traditionally, each specialty involved in craniomaxillofacial trauma and orthognathic surgery had its own areas of interest and expertise. This introductory textbook is different in that it presents the combined and fo cused expertise and competence of the different specialties on the entire craniofacial skeleton.The principles described in this textbook represent the evolution of craniomaxillofacial buttress reconstruction over the last 60 years. In addition to standard procedures,techniques representing recent surgical advances and new developments are introduced as well.This textbook not only provides an overview on current concepts of craniomaxillofacial trauma care and orthognathic surgery, but also helps to understand the complexity of the craniofacial skeleton and its related soft tissues for an efficient and successful reconstruction of the face following trauma
and congenital deformities.