A method for configuring a maxillofacial implant (5, 27, 33, 43) for maxillofacial osteosynthesis, the method comprising the steps of: generating, using a computer, a virtual three-dimensional model of a desired post-operative maxillofacial anatomy of a patient, the virtual three-dimensional model indicating at least a simulated virtual osteotomy that defines at least one cut that results in a second bone portion that is separated from a first bone portion within the virtual three-dimensional model, said osteotomy resulting in an absence of any bone coupling the first and second bone portions (1, 2) together, the desired post-operative maxillofacial anatomy corresponding to a selected arrangement of the second bone portion in relation to the first bone portion within the virtual three-dimensional model, said arrangement comprising at least one or more of a translation and a rotation of the second bone portion in relation to the first bone portion within virtual three-dimensional space; defining, using a computer, on the virtual three-dimensional model a first plurality of attachment points for the maxillofacial implant (5, 27, 33, 43) on the first bone portion and a second plurality of attachment points for the maxillofacial implant (5, 27, 33, 43) on the second bone portion, wherein said first and second plurality of attachment points are defined on the virtual three-dimensional model based on at least one location of one or more anatomical features of the patient such that at least a spacing distance between a first set of adjacent attachment points is different from a spacing distance between a second set of adjacent attachment points within the virtual three-dimensional model, wherein the first and second sets of adjacent attachments points comprise: two sets of attachment points with each set comprising adjacent attachment points on the same bone portion, or two sets of attachment points with each set comprising a first attachment point on the first bone portion and a second, adjacent attachment point on the second bone portion; and determining, using a computer, a monolithic three-dimensional structure for the maxillofacial implant (5, 27, 33, 43) that couples the first and second plurality of attachment points in the virtual three-dimensional model, wherein the monolithic three-dimensional structure for the maxillofacial implant (5, 27, 33, 43) has a shape that varies in each of three dimensions to arrange the second bone portion relative to the first bone portion in accordance with a desired post-operative orientation of the first and second bone portions (1, 2) within the virtual three-dimensional model, each of at least one of the attachment points corresponding to an aperture in said structure for a bone fixation device. generating, using a computer, a virtual three-dimensional model of a desired post-operative maxillofacial anatomy of a patient, the virtual three-dimensional model indicating at least a simulated virtual osteotomy that defines at least one cut that results in a second bone portion that is separated from a first bone portion within the virtual three-dimensional model, said osteotomy resulting in an absence of any bone coupling the first and second bone portions (1, 2) together, the desired post-operative maxillofacial anatomy corresponding to a selected arrangement of the second bone portion in relation to the first bone portion within the virtual three-dimensional model, said arrangement comprising at least one or more of a translation and a rotation of the second bone portion in relation to the first bone portion within virtual three-dimensional space; defining, using a computer, on the virtual three-dimensional model a first plurality of attachment points for the maxillofacial implant (5, 27, 33, 43) on the first bone portion and a second plurality of attachment points for the maxillofacial implant (5, 27, 33, 43) on the second bone portion, wherein said first and second plurality of attachment points are defined on the virtual three-dimensional model based on at least one location of one or more anatomical features of the patient such that at least a spacing distance between a first set of adjacent attachment points is different from a spacing distance between a second set of adjacent attachment points within the virtual three-dimensional model, wherein the first and second sets of adjacent attachments points comprise: two sets of attachment points with each set comprising adjacent attachment points on the same bone portion, or two sets of attachment points with each set comprising a first attachment point on the first bone portion and a second, adjacent attachment point on the second bone portion; and two sets of attachment points with each set comprising adjacent attachment points on the same bone portion, or two sets of attachment points with each set comprising a first attachment point on the first bone portion and a second, adjacent attachment point on the second bone portion; and determining, using a computer, a monolithic three-dimensional structure for the maxillofacial implant (5, 27, 33, 43) that couples the first and second plurality of attachment points in the virtual three-dimensional model, wherein the monolithic three-dimensional structure for the maxillofacial implant (5, 27, 33, 43) has a shape that varies in each of three dimensions to arrange the second bone portion relative to the first bone portion in accordance with a desired post-operative orientation of the first and second bone portions (1, 2) within the virtual three-dimensional model, each of at least one of the attachment points corresponding to an aperture in said structure for a bone fixation device.