Textbook of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

This comprehensive 6th edition of the textbook has been updated with recent advances in the field of oral maxillofacial surgery and is clearly written with liberal use of added case studies, high-quality photographs and line artwork, these additions should be useful for all students, teachers and practitioners of “Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery” in expanding their skills. In this edition, author has incorporated online MCQs, review questions and viva voce questions for each chapter, which are aligned with learning objectives. These questions reflect the knowledge and skills, we want students to learn. The MCQs are suitable for both formative and summative evaluations and will save educators significant time and effort compared to creating their own questions. Keeping the students in mind, the contents are restructured, reorganized, and designed to adequately meet the latest curriculum requirements in oral and maxillofacial surgery by using clinically relevant information.

• Extensive, pointwise, precise coverage of the subject of oral and maxillofacial surgery, following the syllabi of all the universities in India and Asia with simple yet precise presentation in terms of scientific information.
• Includes more than 2,500 well-illustrated pictures, including many line drawings, _flowcharts, clinical photographs, radiographs, CT/MRI scans and scintigraphy images, and pictures of latest equipment photographs, along with 1,000 relevant diagrams, plus more than 150 tables and algorithms.
• Divided into 19 sections with 55 chapters, ranging from basic principles in the subject to complicated surgical procedures and recent advances are incorporated to have added edge. Many unique features with international and contemporary approach are added in present edition, which will be helpful for undergraduates, postgraduates, teachers and general practitioners.
• Extensive update of each and every chapter with addition of three new chapters. Rational Pharmacotherapy in Dentistry, Medicolegal Considerations in Maxillofacial Surgery and Recent Advances—chapters are the new addition.
• Comprehensive latest references are added in each chapter for additional information based on current clinical trends, research activities and clinical experience of the authors.
• Book contents provide key guidelines for safe, sound oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures, contributed by reputed teachers from different prestigious institutions all over India (dental as well as medical). Many new contributors have imparted updated version.