title: Computer-aided planning and evaluation of facial and orthognathic surgery.
abstract: The desire to apply the scientific method to aesthetic facial surgery is the underpinning of this article, which summarizes the attempts that have been made to apply numeric methods to facial surgery, with particular emphasis on computer methods.
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D003201:Computers; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D010780:Photogrammetry; D012984:Software; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed