This protocol facilitates the virtual treatment of patients with facial deformities and the creation of novel surgical guides and fixation plates for the operation we're planning. The advantages of this technique include full surgical control, the
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As technology develops and becomes more user-friendly, planning of operations and patient-specific surgical guides and fixation plates should be performed by the surgeon. We present a protocol for 3D planning of orthognathic skeletal movements and 3D planning and printing of patient-specific fixation plates and surgical guides.
