Was ever a foreword requested for God's words? It is not indecent to write a preface for Hugo's "Growing Mandible"? After training in the Jaw's Old Testament, Hugo is writing the New One that he taught for 40 years long. Indeed, the last decade has been fertile in mechanical gadgets which have made diagnosis and surgery easier, such as, accurate CT 3-D images, and absorbable plating or osteodistraction, which brings a fine touch to treatment timing in children. However, all of this does not encompass the intellectual process, basic principles, tactics and procedures. 

Part I The Basics: Introduction

Aetiology of Jaw Aanomalies
Parts of the Facial Skeleton
Documentation for Diagnosis, Treatment Plannung and Follow-up
Scintigraphy, a Diagnostic and Treatment Planning Aid
Principles in Treatment Planning of Facial Skeletal Anomalies
Philosophy of Corrective Surgery Planning
Mandibular Asymmetries
What Do We Know About Growth of the Mandible
Clinical Experience Regarding the Influence of the Condyle on the Growth of the Mandible
Part II Condylar Hyperactivity: Condylar Hyperactivity
Hemimandibular Hyperplasia (H.H.)
Hemimandibular Elongation (H.E.)
Hybrid (Mixed) Forms of the H.H. and H.E.
Bilateral Combination Forms
Hemifacial Hyperplasia
Mandibular Growth Anomalies in Acromegaly
Histology of Condyles in Mandibular Growth Anomalies
Part III Principal Surgical Procedures: Principal Standard Operation Techniques and Instruments
The Sagittal Splitting of the Mandible Procedure
The Le Fort I-Type Mobilization Procedure
The Transoral Chin Correction
Masseter Muscle Hypertrophy and Bony Surplus
Tongue Reduction
Instruments
Subject Index.