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Abstract:
The first part of this thesis deals with treatment in the early stages. Splints were an essential means of treatment. An after-treatment became imperative depending on the success of the bone and soft tissue plastic. Alexander von Postas thesis on after-treatment has been studied in more detail. It describes surgical and alternative methods. Orthodontic appliances such as inclined planes, sliding splint, elastics or the frame splint were used. The second section of this thesis is concerned with specific methods of after-treatment. These include the treatment of scars by excision, softening, massage, suction, hot air or chemical substances. Further, the treatment of lock-jaw or TMJ-ankylosis, pseudoarthrosis and nerve-injuries. The last section of this thesis briefly touches upon possible therapies of speech defects.