K. Ai-Ruhaimi, BDS, MSc, Dr Med Dent;*
A.L. Nwoku, MD, DMD, FWACS, FMCDS, F1CS*
H.S. Shaikh, LDSCPS, BDS, MDS**
*Department of Biomedical Dental Sciences,
**Department of Preventive Dental Sciences,
King Saud University, College of Dentistry, P.O. Box 60169, Riyadh 11545, Saudi Arabia.

Almost all conferences for plastic and maxillofacial surgery discuss reports on several methods of orthognathic surgery, planning, success results, and complications of the different proce­dures carried out to correct patient's soft and hard tissues frontal profiles and occlusal dis­crepancies. Various principles are involved in the diagnosis and treatment of facial deformities. However, the most important consideration, after all, is the final accepted aesthetic and func­tional requirements and stability of the moved segments.

The objective of this paper is to give the basic principles of treatment planning for correcting facia) discrepancies, surgical approach to different cases, and the methods to increase stability of the moved segments. Six cases are included to illustrate the different aspects of treatment planning, surgical management, and stabilization methods.

Saudi Dental Journal 1991;3(2):53-66.