**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery** Find the latest thinking on the evaluation and treatment of dentofacial deformities! Principles and Practice of Orthognathic Surgery, 2nd Edition covers the concepts and skills required to diagnose and correct dentofacial deformities. Featuring thousands of images, this guide addresses planning, surgical techniques, surgical complications, classic growth patterns, and presentations of dentofacial deformity including common malformations, cleft jaw, and post-traumatic deformities, as well as aesthetic considerations. Case studies and step-by-step videos help you apply concepts and achieve real-life solutions. Written by Jeffrey C. Posnick, a noted expert in facial plastic surgery, this valuable reference will take your orthognathic skills to the next level. An enhanced eBook version included with every new print purchase provides access to a complete, fully searchable version of the text, along with videos of procedures, and much more — available on a variety of devices. - More than 8,000 photos and illustrations boost your understanding of key points and surgical techniques. - Logically organized material aids your thinking prior to developing treatment plans and executing surgery. - Current surgical protocols for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and Orthodontics put you at the forefront of the orthognathic surgery field. - NEW! In-depth content revision and clear artwork are added to this edition. - NEW! Virtual Surgical Planning chapter examines how VSP provides a useful tool for planning surgeries prior to entering the operating room. - NEW! 45 videos depict step-by-step approaches to essential orthognathic procedures and techniques. - NEW! Enhanced eBook version included with every new print purchase provides access to a complete, fully searchable version of the text, along with videos of procedures and much more! - NEW! More case studies are included, each demonstrating long-term results. - NEW! Up-to-date review and analysis of research literature is added.
Gain an appreciation for the challenges that lie ahead for those with facial deformity. Using his own patients' clinical photos and personal stories, Dr. Jeffrey Posnick takes us through surgical thinking and describes current techniques that are used to reconstruct children with conditions such as craniosynostosis, skull defects, congenital tumors, cleft lip and palate, and developmental and posttraumatic jaw, nasal, and ear deformities. The necessity of bold surgical innovation and a coordinated comprehensive approach to a child's facial reconstruction which often requires input from a spectrum of medical, surgical, and dental specialties and therapists becomes evident when visualizing the conditions described and reading through the chapters of this book. Written by Jeffrey C. Posnick, an internationally known expert in cranio-maxillofacial surgery, this reference includes a fully searchable eBook version with each print purchase. - Discussions of surgical techniques are included in each chapter, highlighting treatment plans as well as aftercare. - Patient-focused approach in each chapter presents a specific case along with associated clinical information, photos, and feedback from patients who have been treated through the method discussed. - 300 full-color clinical photos and illustrations are included. - Clinical guidelines are presented with concise and up-to-date coverage. - Focus on team approach facilitates the inclusion of dentists, medical doctors, speech pathologists, and nurses in the treatment of facial deformities in children. - Internationally known author is Jeffrey C. Posnick, who is also a clinician, educator, and lecturer, and has written more than 400 articles for medical journals and book chapters as well as the two-volume textbook Orthognathic Surgery. - eBook version is included with print purchase, allowing you to access all of the text, figures, and references, and offers you the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
Did you know you can change someone's opinion about you by being nice to them? Or that a business should first establish trust with its employees before it does so with its customers? And you may think you want that job more than anything, but you shouldn't want it badly enough to violate your conscience. These are just a few small samplings of the kinds of wisdom packed inside A Little About a Lot. Whether you're a student of life or just curious about things, author Jeffrey Posnick's eclectic treasure of more than two hundred short topics—from human behavior to the economy to the arts—has something for everyone. All that is needed is a curious mind and a desire to learn. So, step away from yourself, and pay attention to the details. A Little About a Lot will help you along that journey of learning new things, and hopefully, you will discover more about yourself in the process.
**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery** Find the latest thinking on the evaluation and treatment of dentofacial deformities! Principles and Practice of Orthognathic Surgery, 2nd Edition covers the concepts and skills required to diagnose and correct dentofacial deformities. Featuring thousands of images, this guide addresses planning, surgical techniques, surgical complications, classic growth patterns, and presentations of dentofacial deformity including common malformations, cleft jaw, and post-traumatic deformities, as well as aesthetic considerations. Case studies and step-by-step videos help you apply concepts and achieve real-life solutions. Written by Jeffrey C. Posnick, a noted expert in facial plastic surgery, this valuable reference will take your orthognathic skills to the next level. An enhanced eBook version included with every new print purchase provides access to a complete, fully searchable version of the text, along with videos of procedures, and much more — available on a variety of devices. - More than 8,000 photos and illustrations boost your understanding of key points and surgical techniques. - Logically organized material aids your thinking prior to developing treatment plans and executing surgery. - Current surgical protocols for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and Orthodontics put you at the forefront of the orthognathic surgery field. - NEW! In-depth content revision and clear artwork are added to this edition. - NEW! Virtual Surgical Planning chapter examines how VSP provides a useful tool for planning surgeries prior to entering the operating room. - NEW! 45 videos depict step-by-step approaches to essential orthognathic procedures and techniques. - NEW! Enhanced eBook version included with every new print purchase provides access to a complete, fully searchable version of the text, along with videos of procedures and much more! - NEW! More case studies are included, each demonstrating long-term results. - NEW! Up-to-date review and analysis of research literature is added.
Gain an appreciation for the challenges that lie ahead for those with facial deformity. Using his own patients' clinical photos and personal stories, Dr. Jeffrey Posnick takes us through surgical thinking and describes current techniques that are used to reconstruct children with conditions such as craniosynostosis, skull defects, congenital tumors, cleft lip and palate, and developmental and posttraumatic jaw, nasal, and ear deformities. The necessity of bold surgical innovation and a coordinated comprehensive approach to a child's facial reconstruction which often requires input from a spectrum of medical, surgical, and dental specialties and therapists becomes evident when visualizing the conditions described and reading through the chapters of this book. Written by Jeffrey C. Posnick, an internationally known expert in cranio-maxillofacial surgery, this reference includes a fully searchable eBook version with each print purchase. - Discussions of surgical techniques are included in each chapter, highlighting treatment plans as well as aftercare. - Patient-focused approach in each chapter presents a specific case along with associated clinical information, photos, and feedback from patients who have been treated through the method discussed. - 300 full-color clinical photos and illustrations are included. - Clinical guidelines are presented with concise and up-to-date coverage. - Focus on team approach facilitates the inclusion of dentists, medical doctors, speech pathologists, and nurses in the treatment of facial deformities in children. - Internationally known author is Jeffrey C. Posnick, who is also a clinician, educator, and lecturer, and has written more than 400 articles for medical journals and book chapters as well as the two-volume textbook Orthognathic Surgery. - eBook version is included with print purchase, allowing you to access all of the text, figures, and references, and offers you the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
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