Author: Lars Andersson, Karl-Erik Kahnberg , M. Anthony Pogrel
Language: English
Finishing: Hardcover, 424 pages
ISBN:978-1-4051-7623-1
Edition Number: May 2014
Author information:
- Professor Dr Lars Andersson is Head of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University. He is Co Editor of the 'Textbook and Color Atlas of Traumatic Injuries to the Teeth'
- Professor Karl-Erik Kahnberg is Head of Department and Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Gothenburg University, Sweden. He is also clinical director of the maxillofacial unit at the Public Dental Health University Clinics in Gothenburg
- Professor M Anthony Pogrel is Professor and Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of California with a joint appointment in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in the Department of Surgery.
Description:
Essentials of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is an indispensable textbook for all undergraduate dentistry students and trainees starting out in oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral surgery and surgical dentistry.
The book's coverage extends from basic principles - including patient evaluation, radiographic imaging, and surgical instruments - to specific conditions and procedures, from tooth extraction and implant surgery to trauma, dentofacial deformities, orofacial pain and temporomandibular joint surgery. It also offers:
- A companion website with downloadable figures and MCQs to test your knowledge
- Over 500 colour photographs, radiographs and explanatory line drawings to illustrate the text
- Contributions from an international team of authors, distilled by an expert editor team
Table of Contents:
Section I: Basic Principles
- Patient evaluation (history – examination –diagnosis)
- Medical aspects – high risk patients
- Medical emergency care
- Local anesthesia
- Sedation, general anesthesia
- Surgery and infection control (aseptic, sterility)
- Surgical instruments
- Basic surgical principles – incision technique – anatomical considerations – flaps- tissue
- handling-suturing-hemostasis- biopsies
- Postoperative management and complications
- Wound healing * Normal wound healing * Compromised wound healing
Section II: Dentoalveolar Surgery
- Extraction of teeth
- Surgical extractions and Impacted Teeth other than Third Molars
- Third Molars
- Nerve Surgery for the Inferior Alveolar nerve
- Tooth transplantation
Section III: Infections and Related Surgery
- Odontogenic infections and infection spreading
- Endodontic surgery
- Odontogenic diseases of maxillary sinus
- Management of Maxillofacial infections
Section IV: Oral Pathologic Lesions
- Cystic lesions
- Benign Tumors and tumor like conditions
- Principles for diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumors
- Management of patients undergoing Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy
- Outcomes of Management of Oral Pathologic lesions
Section V: Trauma
- Dental trauma
- Maxillofacial fractures
- Mandibular trauma
- Soft tissue trauma
Section VI: Implant Surgery
- Osseointegration, implant types and surfaces
- Evaluation before implant surgery, Basic surgical principles
- Treatment of bone deficiency - *Bone augmentation of deficient ridges *Bone grafting in the posterior maxilla *Installation in posterior mandible *Installation in the esthetic zone (anterior maxilla) *The role of implants in Maxillo-facial reconstruction
Section VII Dentofacial Deformities and Defects
- Cleft lip and palate – an overview
- Dentofacial deformities
- Orthognathic surgery
- Distraction osteogenesis
- Craniofacial syndrome patients
- Maxillary reconstruction
- Mandibular reconstruction
- Tissue engineering and reconstruction
- Orthognatic Surgery in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Maxillofacial Cosmetic Surgery
Section VIII: Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
- Non-surgical methods
- TMJ Arthroscopic Surgery
- Temporomandibular joint surgery
- TMJ reconstruction
Section IX: Salivary gland disorders
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