Description

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A textbook for dental students covering firstly those areas of general surgery with which a dental student needs to be familiar and secondly oral surgery, emphasising the overlap between the two areas.

• Covers both general and oral surgery, giving the reader an integrated understanding of both subjects in one book.
• Discusses the basic principles of surgery at a level appropriate for future dentists.
• Provides information on general topics including wound healing and sepsis that is essential for all dentists.
• Gives an understanding of those specialist areas of surgery which have particular relevance to dentistry - including maxillofacial trauma, orthognathic surgery, and management of cleft palate.
• Includes comprehensive coverage of oral surgery.
• Covers anesthesia and sedation techniques.
• Offers clear line diagrams throughout.