Oral and maxillofacial surgery : an objective-based textbook/ edited by Jonathan Pedlar, John W. Frame.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Why and how you should read this book. The scope of oral surgery. 2.Diagnosis: the process and the result. 3.Control of pain and anxiety: selection of and preparation for anaesthesia or sedation. 4.Extraction of teeth. 5.Removal of unerupted teeth. 6.Surgical endodontics. 7.Spreading infection. 8.Oral lesions: differential diagnosis and biopsy techniques. 9. Cysts. 10. Malignant disease of the oral cavity. 11.Surgical aids to prosthodontics, including osseointegrated implants. 12.Surgical aids to orthodontics and surgery for dentofacial deformity. 13.Maxillofacial trauma. 14.Salivary gland disease. 15.The maxillary antrum. 16.Facial pain and temporomandibular disorders. 17.Surgery of the temporomandibular joint. 18.Surgery for the compromised patient

Aims to provide the theoretical background to a range of common procedures to assist in the development of skills required in diagnosis, treatment planning, and active surgical and postoperative Read more...