[Preprosthetic surgery (without implantology)].
This paper describes preprosthetic surgery from its historical beginnings to its present state-of-the-art status. Future perspectives of preprosthetic surgery are also outlined, excluding implants. In an enquiry of 250 German-speaking maxillofacial departments, 160 responded. Results showed that a surprising 30-50% of the institutions are still following guidelines for procedures which have been proven by scientific follow-up studies to be almost 100% unsuccessful.
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Klinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Kiel, Deutschland.
D005544:Forecasting; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D013516:Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic / Q000639:trends*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome