Illustrated Manual of Orthognathic Surgery (eBook)

This first volume in a multi-volume series considers the gains in information and knowledge that have resulted from preoperative and postoperative 3D imaging using new radiologic protocols in maxillofacial surgery, with the corresponding consequences for the surgeon. It contrasts the established standard techniques of orthognathic oral and maxillofacial surgery with new considerations and insights based on years of experience and analysis of clinical activity in this subspecialty of oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Peter A. Kessler is Professor and Head of the Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, The Netherlands. Dr. Kessler completed his studies in dentistry and medicine at the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in 1986 and 1994 respectively (Prof. Dr. Emil Steinhäuser), where he habilitated in 2001. He qualified as Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1999 under Prof. Dr. F.W. Neukam and holds a qualification in plastic surgery (2003). From 1999 to 2001 he worked as a specialist at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen (Prof. Dr. Neukam); he then became Senior Lecturer and Vice-Director at the clinic before taking up his current position in Maastricht in 2007.