Information and Computer Technology in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

The focus of this article is to provide the oral and maxillofacial surgeon with an overview of some of the recent information and computer technologies available in the marketplace as they relate to diagnostic imaging, implantology, orthognathic surgery, and craniofacial surgery. In so doing, the author hopes to highlight the various advantages and disadvantages of each of these technologies, and thus provide the clinician with a wider range armamentarium with which to treat his or her patient successfully and predictably.