Essentials of Orthognathic Surgery, 3rd Edition - Hardcover

Reyneke, Johan, Ph.D.

 
9780867159561: Essentials of Orthognathic Surgery, 3rd Edition

Synopsis

This textbook outlines basic information on the assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment of individuals with dentofacial deformities through orthognathic surgery. It covers the principles of orthognathic surgery, systematic patient evaluation, the diagnosis and treatment of typical and complex deformities, and surgical techniques, with case examples and photos. This edition adds new developments and ideas; extends chapters; and adds new sections on the diagnosis and treatment of hemifacial microsomia, the role of total temporomandibular joint replacement in orthognathic surgery, functional and esthetic nasal control with Le Fort I osteotomy, functional tongue reduction for open bite cases, and the indications and implementation of a unilateral sagittal split osteotomy for the correction of mandibular asymmetry. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

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About the Author

Johan P. Reyneke, BChD, MChD, FCMFOS (SA), PhD, is currently the director of the Centre for Orthognathic Surgery at Mediclinic in Cape Town, South Africa. He holds professorships in the departments of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León in Monterrey, Mexico. Dr Reyneke lectures extensively and has been an invited guest speaker at conferences on five continents. He has published several manuals on surgical technique, written chapters in several oral and maxillofacial surgery textbooks, has authored more than 65 peer-reviewed articles, and has authored and coauthored books on orthognathic surgery. Dr Reyneke has served on the national executive committee of the South African Society of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgeons for 14 years and was president for 4 years, and he maintained a private practice in Johannesburg, South Africa, for over 30 years.

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This long-awaited third edition of the author’s seminal text on orthognathic surgery includes not only a fresh new look and over a dozen new cases, but essential updates for anyone practicing orthognathic surgery. Though many of the surgical practices and techniques have not drastically changed since the previous edition, recent research has inspried new sections on airway management and orthoganthic surgery of the temporomandibular joint.

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