TEXTBOOK OF GENERAL AND ORAL SURGERY
ByDavid Wray, MD, BDS, MB, ChB, FDSRCPS, FDSRCS(Edin), Professor of Oral Medicine, University of Glasgow, Honorary Consultant in Oral Medicine, North Glasgow University Hospitals, NHS Trust, Glasgow, UKDavid Stenhouse, DDS, BDS, FDS, RCPS, Senior Lecturer in Oral Surgery, University of Glasgow, UKDavid Lee, BSc, MB, ChB, FRCS(Ed), Consultant General and Endocrine Surgeon, West Lothian and Lothian University Hospitals, NHS Trust, UKAndrew Clark, BSc(Hons), MB, ChB, MRCS(Ed), Clinical Research Fellow, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
Description
This practical resource helps readers arrive at an integrated understanding of both general and oral surgery – in one convenient text. A companion to Wray: Textbook of General and Oral Medicine, it provides the basic principles of general surgery and general medicine and a more detailed knowledge of certain areas of these specialties which are related to dentistry or have an influence on the practice of dentistry.
Contents
PART I: GENERAL SURGERY
A. Basic principles1. Introduction2. History and examination3. Wound healing and suture materials4. Complications of surgery5. Fluid balance metabolism and nutrition6. Blood disorders and their management in surgical practice7. Cross infection control8. Surgical sepsis9. Fractures10. General anaesthesia11. Conscious sedation
B. Specialist surgical principles12. Maxillofacial trauma13. Orthognathic surgery14. Salivary gland surgery15. Plastic surgery16. Management of facial clefts17. Management of orofacial malignancy18. Otorhinolaryngology (ENT surgery)19. Neurosurgery20. Temporomandibular joint investigation and surgery
PART II: ORAL SURGERY
21. Introduction22. History and diagnosis23. Basic oral surgical techniques24. Local anaesthesia25. Extraction techniques26. Complications of extractions27. Wisdom teeth28. Cysts of the jaw29. Periradicular surgery30. Pre-prosthetic surgery31. Orthodontics and surgery32. Other surgical techniques33. Spread and control of infection34. Salivary gland diseases35. Oral surgery in the medically compromised36. Diseases of bone37. Dental implants38. Cryosurgery and laser surgery
