Anaplastologist: specialist in the prosthetic rehabilitation of absent or disfigured aesthetically critical portions of the body, such as the ear and nose

ATM: articulation temporomandibular

CAD/CAM: computer-aided design/computer-aided modeling

CBCT: cone beam computed tomography

DICOM: Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine

DISCRETIZATION: Converting continuous models into discrete parts in a new model to make suitable for numerical evaluation

FE: finite element

FE model: finite element model

FFOF: free fibular osteocutaneous flap

HYBRID STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY: a combination of both active and passive methods of stereophotogrammetry (see articles by Tzou and Schendel)

IFM 3D: 3D image fusion management; database management (done with software) of the different 3D images for each patient for different kinds of imaging and different dates of image acquisition

IPL: intense pulsed light; noncoherent light from 500 to 1200 nm used with a cutoff filter for selective photohemolysis

PACS: picture archiving communication systems

PMS: patient management software

PSAR: patient-specific anatomic reconstruction; an anatomically accurate record in which all the 3D images of the patient are superimposed into one valid 3D structure, including combination with biomechanical properties

PSAR: (as per Lane and Schendel) patient-specific anatomic reconstruction; the PSAR is an anatomically accurate record in which all the 3D images of the patient (ie, computed tomography/CBCT, magnetic resonance imaging, facial surface images, teeth) are superimposed into one valid 3D structure and combined with the relevant biomechanical properties

RMS: root mean square

SLMs: stereolithographic models