Dear Colleagues,

Oral and maxillofacial surgery has conventionally been performed with large incisions because of the complicated anatomy and limited surgical space. Such procedures may result in significant surgical morbidity, speech dysfunction, and dyspepsia from the dissection of large amounts of normal tissue. Nowadays, dental practitioners, oral surgeons, and maxillofacial surgeons have unlimited potential to incorporate several new technologies to improve clinical practice. Such new technologies should contribute to facilitating surgical interventions but also to establish a facility that is patient-friendly and designed for safe and efficient care delivery for the surgeon and staff with an overall reduced level of stress.

The incorporation of emerging technologies, imaging equipment, and media platforms allows more and more current and future dental practitioners, oral surgeons, and maxillofacial surgeons to exploit exciting possibilities in clinical practice. In the future, new materials and technologies that fulfill dental requirements should be further developed and applied. The present Special Issue will focus on the recently introduced new technologies in dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Prof. Dr. Matteo Brucoli

Guest Editor

Keywords: Technologies; Oral surgery; Maxillofacial surgery; Navigation; CAD/CAM