Paradigm shift: cognitive surgery

Timing of orthognathic surgery: paradigm shift by surgery-first approach?

1. Premium on patient selection. Since the baseline occlusion cannot guide the treatment goals, clinical expertise, accurate prediction of postoperative tooth movements, and precise assessment of the skeletal discrepancy are mandatory. 2. The extent of surgical movements may be greater because surgical correction needs to account for dental compensation. 3. Postsurgical instability during bone ...

Paradigm Shift

A paradigm shift, suggested by Thomas Kuhn [1], is not just a small change in science, or the modification of a theory. It is a scientific revolution and completely changes the way in which science looks at the world. It often dictates how the public looks at the world. For example, Darwin's theories [2] were intensely debated by scientists and theologians. This debate spilled over into the pub...

Cardiac surgery with percutaneous interventional backup: a paradigm shift.

Accelerated orthognathic surgery and increased orthodontic efficiency: a paradigm shift.

An explosion of technological advances has influnced the present and future treatment of virtually all rthognathic surgery and orthodontic patients. The fficiency, duration, affordability, and convenience of uch treatment will be changed forever. This JOMS ssue describes how a paradigm shift will take place y a global revolution of surgical education by virtual maging technology and robotic sur...

Aesthetic Surgery in Patients with Lung Cancer: A Paradigm Shift

BACKGROUND Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and the leading cause of cancer death. With the development of targeted therapy against causative driver mutations, some patients have experienced dramatic responses that have converted their disease into a chronic, stable form. Shifting concerns away from survival and back to quality-of-life issues has led some of these patients to see...