Essentials of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- About the companion website -- Part 1: Basic Principles -- Chapter 1: Patient Evaluation -- Obtaining a patient history -- Physical examination -- Comorbidities/systemic diseases -- Imaging -- Laboratory studies -- Assessing anesthetic/surgical risk -- Office vs inpatient -- Summary -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 2: Radiographic Imaging in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery -- Introduction -- Computed tomography (CT) -- Cone-beam computed tomography (cone-beam CT) -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -- Impacted teeth -- Pathological conditions - inflammatory lesions, cysts, benign and malignant tumors -- Inflammatory lesions -- Cysts and benign tumors -- Malignant tumors -- Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) -- Implant treatment -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 3: Local Anesthesia -- Mode of action of local anesthetics -- Techniques of local anesthesia for oral and maxillofacial surgery -- Topical anesthesia -- Infiltration anesthesia -- Regional block anesthesia -- Akinosi-Vazirani technique -- Maxillary anesthesia -- Supplementary intraoral techniques of local anesthesia -- Intraosseous anesthesia -- Intraligamentary (periodontal ligament) anesthesia -- Intrapulpal anesthesia -- Local anesthetic drugs -- Lidocaine -- Mepivacaine -- Prilocaine -- Articaine -- Etidocaine -- Bupivacaine -- Levobupivacaine -- Ropivacaine -- Complications of local anesthesia in the orofacial region -- Localized complications -- Systemic complications -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 4: Dentofacial Infection -- Introduction -- Dentoalveolar abscess -- Radiographic appearance -- Site and spread of infection -- Upper lip -- Canine fossa -- Buccal space -- Palate -- Pterygomandibular space -- Submasseteric space -- Infratemporal space -- Parotid space -- Submandibular space.

Submental space -- Sublingual space -- Pharyngeal space -- Retropharyngeal space -- Microbiology of dental infections -- Management of patients with orofacial infection -- Ludwig's angina -- Osteomyelitis -- Osteoradionecrosis -- Osteonecrosis secondary to bisphosphonate therapy -- Cavernous sinus thrombosis -- Necrotizing fasciitis -- Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis -- Actinomycosis -- Mycobacterium infection of the oral mucosa and jawbones -- Syphilis -- Antibiotic prophylaxis -- Benefit and risk of antibiotic prophylaxis -- Principles of antibiotic prophylaxis -- Choice of antibiotic -- Dose of antibiotic and duration of administration -- Prophylaxis for wound infection on specific surgical procedure -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 5: Armamentarium for Basic Procedures -- Basic instrumentation for soft tissue procedures -- Basic hard tissue instrumentation -- Drills -- Dental elevators -- Dental forceps -- Ancillary instrumentation -- New innovations in surgical instrumentation -- Sterilization of instruments -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 6: Basic Surgical Principles -- Aseptic technique -- Principles of surgical incisions -- Types of intraoral incisions -- Principles of soft tissue biopsy -- Biopsy of the mucosal surface of the lip -- Principles of suturing -- Types of sutures -- Uses for the various suture materials -- Types of needles -- Suturing techniques -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 7: Complications Associated with Dentoalveolar Surgery -- Bleeding -- Etiology and prevalence -- Risk factors and prevention -- Treatment -- Pain -- Etiology and prevalence -- Risk factors and prevention -- Swelling -- Etiology and prevalence -- Prevention and treatment -- Surgical site infection -- Etiology and prevalence -- Prevention -- Treatment -- Alveolar osteitis -- Prevalence and etiology -- Prevention -- Treatment -- Fractures.

Prevalence and etiology -- Prevention -- Treatment -- Root fracture -- Prevalence and etiology -- Prevention -- Treatment -- Root or tooth displacement -- Prevalence and etiology -- Prevention -- Treatment -- Oroantral communication -- Prevalence and etiology -- Prevention -- Treatment -- Recommended reading -- Part 2: Dentoalveolar Surgery -- Chapter 8: Extraction of Teeth -- Indications for extraction -- Caries -- Periodontal disease -- Pulp disease when endodontic treatment is not possible or has failed -- Pathologic lesions in relation to teeth -- Crown and root fractures -- Malposition of teeth -- Impacted teeth -- Supernumerary teeth -- Orthodontic indications -- Before prosthetic procedures -- Before other surgical procedures -- Before radiation therapy -- Before bisphosphonate therapy -- Teeth in bone fracture lines -- Other reasons for extraction -- Contraindications for extraction -- Systemic contraindications -- Local contraindications -- Clinical evaluation of the tooth before extraction -- Preoperative radiographic examination -- Control of anxiety and pain -- Sedation -- Local anesthesia -- Preparation for extraction -- Surgeon's position -- Principles of simple (closed, non-surgical) extraction -- Surgical (open flap technique) extraction of teeth or roots -- Technique for surgical extraction -- Post extraction care and instructions -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 9: Management of Impacted Teeth -- Management of impacted third molars -- Indications for third molar removal -- Contraindications for third molar removal -- Presurgical assessment of third molars -- Important factors to consider -- Risk assessment -- Surgical removal -- Post-surgical considerations -- Management of impacted canines and premolars -- Treatment planning -- Surgical management -- Postoperative management and complications -- Recommended reading.

Chapter 10: Nerve Involvement in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery -- Trigeminal nerve -- Nerve injuries as a result of inferior alveolar nerve block -- Inferior alveolar nerve damage from root canal treatment -- Nerve damage from dental implants -- Periodontal surgery -- Dentoalveolar surgery and nerves -- Inferior alveolar nerve -- Lingual nerve -- Long buccal nerve -- Mylohyoid nerve -- Evaluation of trigeminal nerve damage -- Facial nerve -- Microneurosurgery -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 11: Autotransplantation of Teeth -- Introduction -- Donor teeth -- Indications -- Congenitally missing teeth -- Unrestorable teeth -- Crown-root and root fractures -- Lost teeth in young growing patients -- Lost teeth in adults -- Autotransplants vs implants -- Principles of healing after autotransplantation -- Principles of surgery -- Surgical techniques -- Long-term prognosis -- Summary -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 12: Endodontic Surgery -- Indications for periapical surgery -- Preoperative imaging -- Magnification -- Surgical procedures -- Flap design -- Microsurgical approaches -- Periradicular curettage -- Root-end resection -- Root-end preparation -- Restoration of the retrograde cavity -- Wound closure -- Periradicular surgery outcomes -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 13: Preprosthetic and Oral Soft Tissue Surgery -- Surgical methods for alveolar crest preservation -- Surgical management of peri-implant soft tissue -- Implant-related indications -- Regeneration -- Oral soft tissue grafting -- Recontouring of bone tissue -- Treatment of bone exostoses, tori and genial tubercles -- Recontouring of soft tissue -- Maxillary tuberosity reduction -- Frenectomy -- Removal of palatal papillary hyperplasia -- Vestibuloplasty -- Free grafting -- Pedicled flaps -- Recommended reading -- Part 3: Implant Surgery -- Chapter 14: Implantology.

Biological principles behind osseointegration -- Implant stability and loading considerations -- Bone tissue responses to implants -- The marginal tissues -- Implant components -- Indications for implant treatment -- Contraindications -- Medical contraindications -- Systemic risk factors -- Local contraindications -- Treatment of children and adolescents with oral implants -- Treatment planning -- Clinical examination -- Radiographic examination -- Model analyses -- Surgical procedure -- Maintenance -- Computer-guided implant treatment -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 15: Optimal Implant Placement in the Esthetic Zone by the Use of Guided Bone Regeneration -- Biological factors influencing the reconstruction of alveolar bone -- The biological principles of guided bone regeneration -- Tissue integration -- Membrane design criteria and material selection -- Biocompatibility -- Non-resorbable membranes -- Biodegradable barrier membranes -- Indications for GBR treatment -- Basic surgical technique of GBR -- Preoperative antibiotics -- Flap design -- Site preparation -- Graft material -- Membrane selection and positioning -- Suturing -- Follow-up -- Membrane removal -- Clinical results of GBR -- Recommended reading -- Chapter 16: Implant Placement in the Posterior Mandible -- Anatomy of the posterior edentulous mandible -- Normal topography -- The mandibular canal -- Resorption patterns of the alveolar ridge -- Implant placement superior to the mandibular canal -- The use of wider implants -- Placement of implants lingual to the neurovascular bundle -- Crestal split -- Surgical technique -- Onlay augmentation in the posterior mandible -- Vertical onlay -- Lateral onlay -- Distraction osteogenesis in the posterior mandible -- Surgical technique -- Nerve transposition -- Surgical technique -- Nerve lateralization -- Surgical technique.

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