Fundamentals of Craniofacial Malformations

Ulrich Meyer, DMD, MD, MSc, PhD, started to work in the field of craniofacial surgery in the 1990s, at the Department of Craniofacial and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Münster, Germany. He completed his specialization in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1998 and was appointed Senior Physician at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Münster in 2000, being promoted to Chief Senior Physician in 2002. He performed pioneering research work in craniofacial distraction osteogenesis and tissue engineering. In 2004 he founded the interdisciplinary open-access journal Head and Face Medicine. In 2005 he was appointed university professor for life (Professorship for Plastic Facial and Craniofacial Surgery) and senior consultant and deputy clinic director at the West German Maxillary Clinic (Westdeutsche Kieferklinik), Department of Maxillofacial and Plastic Surgery, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf. Based on his clinical and research expertise, he editedin 2008 the biomedical standard work Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. In the course of his surgical work in Münster and Düsseldorf, Dr. Meyer developed a broad spectrum of surgical techniques. More recently, he founded the interdisciplinary Craniofacial Center (Kieferklinik Münster) in Münster, where his main focus is the treatment of patients suffering from craniofacial deformities or diseases, in very close cooperation with geneticists, biologists, pediatricians, neurosurgeons, ENT specialists, orthodontists, and others.

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• Introduction.I General aspects: 1. Normal craniofacial development.- 2. Developmental biology of the face.- 3. Animal models of facial development.- 4. Anthrophosophical aspects of facial development.- 5. Pathological approaches for craniofacial diseases.- 6. Classification of craniofacial malformations.II Biological basis of disease: 7. Chromosomal aberrations.- 8. Orofacial clefts.- 9. Craniosynostoses.- 10. Branchio-oculo-facial syndromes.- 11. Conjoined twins.- 12. Craniofacial Soft tissue malformations.- 13.Postural head deformations.- 14. Dysgnathias.- 15. Rare craniofacial syndromes. III Psychological aspects of disease: 16. Facial appearance and the psychological impact.- 17. Psychological evaluation methods for patients with craniofacial malformations.- 18. Psychological therapies for patients with craniofacial malformations.- 19. Psycho-social impact of craniofacial malformations on treatment and outcome.- 20. Evolution of Craniofacial Surgery.- 21. Quality of life aspects of craniofacial malformations.- 22. Long term outcome of craniofacial surgery.- 23. Benchmarking and cost assessment of craniofacial surgery.- 24. Medical and malpractice claims in craniofacial surgery.IV Diagnostic issues: 25.Clinical Investigations of craniofacial malformations.- 26. Interdisciplinary approach to the treatment of craniofacial malformations.- 27. Craniomaxillofacial investigation.- 28. Neurosurgical investigation of craniofacial malformations.- 29. ENT investigation of craniofacial malformations.- 30. Ocular investigation of craniofacial malformations.- 31. Radiological Investigations of craniofacial malformations.- 32. Genetic investigations of craniofacial malformations.- 33. Speech issues in patients with craniofacial malformations.- 34.Feeding issues in patients with craniofacial malformations.- 35. Breathing disorders in patients with craniofacial malformations.