A comprehensive guide to oral surgery procedures, Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 6th Edition enhances your skills in evaluation, diagnosis, and patient management. Full-color photographs and drawings show how to perform basic surgical techniques, and an overview of more advanced surgical procedures includes guidelines on when to refer patients to specialists and how to provide supportive postoperative care. This edition also includes the latest developments in dental implants, instrumentation, and current technology. Written by well-known OMS educators James R. Hupp, Myron R. Tucker, and Edward Ellis III, this book is a valuable reference for any dental office.

PART I: PRINCIPLES OF SURGERY 1. Preoperative Health Status Evaluation2. Prevention and Management of Medical Emergencies3. Principles of Surgery4. Wound Repair5. Infection Control in Surgical PracticePART II: PRINCIPLES OF EXODONTIA 6. Instrumentation for Basic Oral Surgery7. Principles of Routine Exodontia8. Principles of More Complex Exodontia9. Principles of Management of Impacted Teeth10. Postoperative Patient Management11. Prevention and Management Extraction Complications12. Medicolegal Considerations PART III: PREPROSTHETIC AND IMPLANT SURGERY 13. Preprosthetic Surgery14. Implant Treatment: Basic Concepts and Techniques15. Implant Treatment: Advanced Concepts and Complex CasesPART IV: INFECTIONS 16. Principles of Management and Prevention of Odontogenic Infections17. Complex Odontogenic Infections18. Principles of Endodontic Surgery19. Management of the Patient Undergoing Radiotherapy or Chemotherapy20. Odontogenic Diseases of the Maxillary Sinus21. Diagnosis and Management of Salivary Gland DisordersPART V: MANAGEMENT OF ORAL PATHOLOGIC LESIONS 22. Principles of Differential Diagnosis and Biopsy23. Surgical Management of Oral Pathologic LesionsPART VI: ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA 24. Soft Tissue and Dentoalveolar Injuries25 Management of Facial FracturesPART VII: DENTOFACIAL DEFORMITIES 26. Correction of Dentofacial Deformities27. Facial Cosmetic Surgery28. Management of Patients with Orofacial Clefts29. Surgical Reconstruction of Defects of the JawsPART VIII: TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS AND OTHER FACIAL PAIN DISORDERS 29. Facial Neuropathology30. Management of Temporomandibular DisordersPART IX: MANAGEMENT OF THE HOSPITAL PATIENT 32. Management of the Hospitalized PatientAPPENDIXES I: Instrument List and Typical Retail Prices (2007)II: Operative Note (Office Record) Component PartsIII: Drug Enforcement Administration Schedule of Drugs and ExamplesIV: Examples of Useful PrescriptionsV: Consent for Extractions and AnesthesiaVI: Antibiotic OverviewIndex