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. 

I The Basics

How I Became a Cranio-maxillofacial Surgeon
1 Introduction
2 Aetiology of Jaw Anomalies
3 Parts of the Facial Skeleton
4 Documentation for Diagnosis, Treatment Planning and Follow-up..
5 Scintigraphy, a Diagnostic and Treatment Planning Aid
6 Principles in Treatment Planning of Facial Skeletal Anomalies
7 Philosophy of Corrective Surgery Planning
8 Mandibular Asymmetries
9 What Do We Know About Growth of the Mandible
10 Clinical Experience Regarding the Influence of the Condyle on the Growth of the Mandible
II Condylar Hyperactivity
11 Condylar Hyperactivity
12 Hemimandibular Hyperplasia (H.H.).
13 Hemimandibular Elongation (H.E.)..
14 Hybrid (Mixed) Forms of H.H. and H.E.
15 Bilateral Combination Forms
16 Hemifacial Hyperplasia
17 Mandibular Growth Anomalies in Acromegaly
18 Histology of Condyles in Mandibular Growth Anomalies
III Principal Surgical Procedures
19 Principal Standard Operation Techniques and Instruments
20 The Sagittal Splitting of the Mandible Procedure
21 The Le Fort I-Type Mobilization Procedure
22 The Transoral Chin Correction
23 Masseter Muscle Hypertrophy and Bony Surplus
24 Tongue Reduction
25 Instruments
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