Textbook of General and Oral Surgery - Softcover

Wray MD BDS MB ChB FDSRCPS FDSRCS(Edin), David; Stenhouse DDS BDS FDS RCPS, David; Lee BSc MB ChB FRCS(Ed), David; Clark BSc(Hons) MB ChB MRCS(Ed), Andrew J. E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0443070830 ISBN 13: 9780443070839

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 2003

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review

"This book is valuable especially for those in undergraduate years and forms a quick reference book for those in postgraduate training in oral surgery." V. Sivarajasingham, British Dental Journal, November 2003
book comprehensively covers most aspects of oral surgery. The four authors and various contributors bring a great deal of knowledge and interest to its compilation, making it a very eaasy textbook to read.
Overall this is a book which should be recommended to undergraduates, house officers and senior house officers. This is also a textbook which some GDP's may wish to purchase for the practice library." Dr Karim Jaafary, Dental Practice, September 2003
latest textbook covers both oral and general surgery...a sound textbook for undergraduate dental students which is clearly presented at a suitable level. It would also serve as a good basic text for those embarking in a postgraduate career in oral surgery/surgical dentistry." Instructor, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Dental Update, April 2004

Synopsis

Aimed at dental students, this textbook covers those areas of general surgery with which a dental student needs to be familiar and secondly oral surgery, emphasizing the overlap between the two areas. The purpose of this book is to help the dental student arrive at an integrated understanding of both general and oral surgery, and to provide all that the dental students needs in these two areas. Coverage of basic principles of surgery is at a level appropriate for future dentists - a knowledge of general topics such as wound healing and sepsis is essential for all dentists. It also gives an understanding of those specialist areas of surgery which have particular relevance to dentistry, for example maxillofacial trauma, orthognathic surgery, management of cleft palate.

Edition details

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0443070830
• ISBN 13: 9780443070839
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336