Virtual surgical planning in orthognathic surgery.
Brian B Farrell, Peter B Franco, Myron R Tucker
Author Information
Brian B Farrell: Carolinas Center for Oral and Facial Surgery, 411 Billingsley Road, Suite 105, Charlotte, NC 28211, USA; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA. Electronic address: bfarrell@mycenters.com.
Peter B Franco: Carolinas Center for Oral and Facial Surgery, 411 Billingsley Road, Suite 105, Charlotte, NC 28211, USA.
Myron R Tucker: Carolinas Center for Oral and Facial Surgery, 411 Billingsley Road, Suite 105, Charlotte, NC 28211, USA; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Charlotte, NC, USA; Isle of Palms, SC, USA.
Computer-aided surgical simulation has greatly enhanced the efficiency and accuracy of orthognathic surgery for correction of dentofacial deformities. Virtual surgical planning (VSP) improves the efficiency of the presurgical work-up and provides an opportunity to illustrate the multidimensional correction at the dental and skeletal level. VSP provides preoperative insight into the surgical intervention and the fabrication of cutting jigs/guides and templates can help decrease intraoperative surgical inaccuracies. VSP is rapidly becoming the standard of care for surgical treatment planning of dentofacial deformities.
