This book features elaborate composite illustrations created in layers, starting from the skeleton and working out to the surface of the skin. CT scans are used for the skeletal template, MRI series depict the inner layers of the facial region, angiographs report the anatomy of the blood vessels, and photographs of anatomical specimens as well as a living model fill out the rest.

The final products are anatomical images of hyper 3D clarity and arresting beauty. Significant landmarks, anatomical details, and clinically relevant groupings of nerves and blood vessels are the primary focus of each image series to preserve clinical relevance. Accompanying text and figure legends emphasize key points, but the focus is always on the vivid anatomical images.

Author Information

Dr. Ralf J. Radlanski is Professor and Head of the Dept. of Craniofacial Developmental Biology at the Charité Center for Dental and Craniofacial Sciences, Campus Benjamin Franklin at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. He studied medicine and dentistry at the Universities of Göttingen (Germany) and Minneapolis (MN, USA). After postgraduate educations in anatomy, embryology, and orthodontics at the University of Göttingen, he came to Berlin in 1992. His main research interest is the visualisation of prenatal craniofacial development in 3D. He was a National Delegate in the Management Board of the European COST B23 action "Craniofacial Morphogenesis" and Chairman of the Working Group "Development and Evolution" from 2003 - 2008. From 1999 to 2008 Dr. Radlanski has served as Managing Director of the dental clinic at the University Clinic Benjamin Franklin of Freie Universität Berlin. Together with Frans van der Linden and James McNamara Jr., Ralf J. Radlanski is a co-author of Dynamics of Orthodontics, a 3D animated visualisation of craniofacial growth and orthodontic treatment on DVD. In 1995, Dr. Radlanski has been President of the 10th International Symposium On Dental Morphology in Berlin, and in 2010, he will be President of the 10th Symposium of Tooth Morphogenesis and Differentiation in Berlin.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Face

• Introduction
• The face in anterior view
• The face in lateral view
• The head in vertical view
• The head in dorsal view
• The neck
• Facial expression
• The facial skeleton
• Sectional anatomy
• Schematic representations of pathways in the face

Chapter 2. The Orbital Region

• Surface topography of the orbital region
• Preseptal muscles and fat layers
• The orbital septum and the eyeball
• Vascular and nerve supply in the orbital region
• Vascular and nerve supply in the orbital region in relation to the muscles
• Secitonal anatomy of the orbital region

Chapter 3. The Nasal and Midfacial Region

• Surface topography of the nasal region
• The nose in anterior view
• The nose in lateral view
• The nose in caudal view
• The nasal cavity
• The sinuses

Chapter 4. The Mouth

• Extraoral topography of the oral region
• Topographical anatomy of the oral region
• Vascular and nerve supply of the oral region
• The oral cavity
• Anatomy of the lips, teeth, periodontium and alveolar bone in sections
• The anterior oral vestibule
• Anatomy in the area around the mandibular ramus
• The temporomandibular joint
• Anatomy of the oral region in sections
• Pathways of odontogenic spread of infections

Chapter 5. The Ear

Chapter 6. The Skin and Aging of the Face