Computer-Assisted Navigation Surgery in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Computer-assisted surgery (CAS) and navigation offers significant improvements in patient orientation and safety in every facet of our specialty of maxillofacial surgery. Ranging from precisely planned orthognathic procedures to the removal of foreign bodies requiring extremely flexible surgical options, and from minimally invasive dental implantology procedures to radical tumor resections of the skull base, they have made their mark for improving the procedure safety, predictability, and accuracy of surgery and options for intraoperative adaptations. In the future, the application of CAS is expected to further reduce operative risks and surgery time, accompanied by a considerable decrease in patient stress.