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I assumed craniofacial surgery is an extension of maxillofacial surgery - judging by it's name it should be about all cranial bones, not just maxilla and mandible. Aren't LeFort3s and zygomatic osteotomies formally in domain for craniofacial surgeons?
Ah... somewhat complicated to describe. There are only a small number of craniofacial fellowship programs in the U.S. They are full one year training programs for surgeons who have already completed a full standard 5 or 6 year training program in plastic surgery.
They cover a lot of territory in that year of training. Lots of cranial surgery issues and then lots of issues surrounding the various syndromes that can be corrected with big surgeries. Not so much on the mandible, although some programs spend some time on that. But most of the craniofacial surgery is focused on children and some trauma in adults. A lot of different issues than the typical jaw surgery issues we see here on this forum.
So for those reasons, it is really helpful to have a craniofacial surgeon who has also completed an additional specific fellowship focused on jaw surgeries for young adults and mature patients.
Most cranofacial surgeons who have not had that type of jaw surgery training will typically not routinely be involved in the type of jaw surgeries typically discussed here.
The advantage is that those surgeons who have that full scope of training are in fact also plastic surgeons and they can typically address a larger set of issues involving the face, neck and head than the surgeons who have not covered all of those bases.