title: [The research on maxillofacial soft tissue reconstruction by 3-D laser scanning].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the role of 3-D laser scanning on reconstruction of maxillofacial soft tissues.
  
  
  METHODS
  3-D laser scan was given to a patient who had his right ear absent and reconstruct the image.
  
  
  RESULTS
  3-D laser scanning can reconstruct facial soft tissue quickly and precisely, but the image of the ear was not very clear.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the living, laser scanning can reconstruct all the maxillofacial soft tissues except for the ear. It can be widely used in clinic and research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: Fu-qiang
authors.initials: FQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D004423:Ear / Q000601:surgery*; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*