Dear Colleagues,

The objective of this Special Issue of Materials on “Advanced Materials and Operative Techniques in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery” is to publish together a series of studies on clinical anatomy, materials and operative techniques that will be particularly useful for dental practitioners.

The main goal is to combine the technological advances provided by the current computerised diagnostic imaging techniques for the analysis of the anatomical structures of the oral cavity and their variants with the new dental materials that are fundamental for successful outcomes of many operative techniques in oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Although dental procedures are considered to be ‘safe’, some anatomical regions require particular attention during diagnosis and pre-treatment planning, to reduce complications that can arise, and to correctly choose (and exploit) the materials and the operative technique. Modern three-dimensional radiology using computed tomography techniques can provide high spatial and contrast resolution, which thus allows optimal evaluation of the maxillofacial district under normal and pathological conditions. This is useful to describe both the basic anatomy and its variants, and to provide accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment plans. Indeed, today a series of new dental materials with different characteristics, biological behaviours and clinical indications are available, and frequently their choice is made on the basis of the anatomical characteristics of the sites involved. The articles presented in this Special Issue thus need to address the basic anatomic structures, physiological variables, alterations to post-healing anatomical conditions, and materials characteristics that are relevant for such dental procedures. This applies to both the execution of accurate surgical treatment plans, such as computer-aided oral surgery, and the management and reduction of potential complications.

Therefore, this Special Issue welcomes contributions from all researchers who are working on the identification of the basic anatomy and its anatomical variants of the maxillary and mandibular bones, with a view to the dental materials now available and their related clinical applications.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, technical report and reviews are welcome.

Prof. Giuseppe Varvara
Prof. Maurizio Piattelli
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• dental materials
• dental prosthesis
• cone beam computed tomography
• oral surgery
• maxillofacial surgery
• dental implants
• mandibular anatomy
• maxillary anatomy
• computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM)