Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: An Objective-based Textbook - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 044310073X ISBN 13: 9780443100734

Casa editrice: Churchill Livingstone, 2007

Riassunto

This textbook of oral and maxillofacial surgery is directed at dentists in training and newly qualified practitioners. The book 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 management.

The book has been prepared by a variety of authors, all of whom have extensive experience in undergraduate and postgraduate education in oral and maxillofacial surgery and whose views represent those of UK mainstream dental schools.

• New edition of a highly successful ‘skills based’ textbook on oral and maxillofacial surgery, liberally illustrated in full colour
• Ideal subject coverage for those who are, or who will become, general dental practitioners, i.e. comprehensive coverage of diagnosis and oral surgery with a discussion of with maxillofacial surgery suitable for the early years of training
• Clear identification of conditions and procedures suitable for the general dental practitioner, and of those requiring referral
• Procedures clearly illustrated when routinely carried out in general practice
• Learning objectives, lists of assumed knowledge and summary boxes provided to make learning easier
• Ideal as a ‘dip in’ book for using in parallel with lectures and ‘small group’ learning, or in relation to specific patients seen

• Increased used of self-assessment material, particularly in the chapters on diagnosis and medically compromised patients
• Reshaped chapters on pathological conditions of the oral mucosa and bone, as well as the use of biopsy as an investigative tool
• New discussion about cleft lip and palate
• New section on osteonecrosis of the jaws, associated with bisphosphonate medication, and on infection with methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Contenuti

Why and how you should read this book. The scope of oral surgery. Diagnosis: the process and the result. Control of pain and anxiety: selection of and preparation for anaesthesia or sedation. Extraction of teeth. Removal of unerupted teeth. Surgical endodontics. Spreading infection. Benign cycts. Benign oral lesions. Malignant disease of the oral cavity. Surgical aids to prosthodontics, including osseointegrated implants. Surgical aids to orthodontics and surgery for dentofacial deformity. Maxillofacial trauma. Salivary gland disease. The maxillary antrum. Facial pain and temporomandibular disorders. Surgery of the temporomandibular joint. Surgery for the compromised patient.

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Churchill Livingstone
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 044310073X
• ISBN 13: 9780443100734
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Redattore: Pedlar Jonathan, Frame John W.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Barbara Criscuolo; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; 20141; Italia