Essentials of Orthognathic Surgery

The revised edition of this essential text presents a concise approach to the diagnosis and surgical treatment of dentofacial deformities encountered in clinical practice. The treatment process and the most common surgical techniques are featured in step-by-step protocols. The contents have been updated to reflect the most current interpretation of diagnostic data, including expanded discussions of the rotation of the maxillomandibular complex and anterior open bite dentofacial deformities as well as new sections on distraction osteogenesis and the intraoral vertical mandibular ramus osteotomy.

Johan P. Reyneke, BChD, MChD, FCMFOS (SA), PhD, is currently the director of the Centre for Orthognathic Surgery at the Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, and an associate professor in the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the School of Dentistry at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León in Monterrey, Mexico. He holds clinical professorships in the departments of oral and maxillofacial surgery at both the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1997, he received an honorary professorship in the Division of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He was the former president of the College of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgeons of South Africa from 2008-2011. Dr Reyneke lectures extensively and has been an invited guest speaker at conferences on all 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 is coauthor of the book Introduction to Orthognathic Surgery: A Color Atlas (Ishiyaku EuroAmerica, 1991). 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. In 2002, he was awarded the society's prestigious President's Award as well as the Distinguished Service Award. He has maintained a private practice in Johannesburg, South Africa, since 1979.