Oral and maxillofacial surgery: a new wrinkle.

A number of facial altering surgical procedures have been presented. Several areas are important to note. Most of these procedures were devised by practitioners lost to antiquity and individuals in a plethora of different fields, including orthopedics, dermatology, oral surgery, plastic surgery, and otolaryngology. Just as in the other specialties that perform these procedures, not all surgeons of the specialties perform the entire scope of their specialty. However, dentistry now has the capability to change the jaws, soft tissue drape of the face, neck, nose, and eyes, as well as smile lines and the shape and color of the dentition. No other profession in the history of human-kind has ever had this potential to make such facial changes.