A 3D Finite Element Model of the face to predict aesthetic and functional consequences of Plastic and Maxillofacial surgery
Résumé
A surgical simulator for plastic and maxillofacial surgery, that gathers the dental analysis (orthodontia) and the craniofacial analysis (cephalometry) into a single computer assisted procedure, has been recently presented and evaluated. This simulator set up a semi-automatic diagnosis for facial bone structure repositioning. This talk addresses the next step of this work namely predicting the consequences of the simulated bone structures displacements on the patient face appearance.