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Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

  • 8th Edition - October 30, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: James R. Hupp, Edward Ellis, Elie M. Ferneini, Andrew Read-Fuller
  • Language: English

Build your skills in managing oral and maxillofacial surgical patients! A comprehensive reference for basic oral surgery procedures, Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Su… Read more

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Build your skills in managing oral and maxillofacial surgical patients! A comprehensive reference for basic oral surgery procedures, Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 8th Edition, guides you through the principles of evaluation, treatment planning, and surgical care for patients with disorders or deformities of the oral and maxillofacial region. Full-color photographs 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. New to this edition are the latest advances in craniofacial surgery, 3D printing, and implant treatment. Written by well-known Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS) educators and a team of expert contributors, this book is a valuable resource for dental students, residents, and dentists.

Key features

  • Basic techniques of evaluation, diagnosis, and medical management are described in enough detail to facilitate immediate clinical application
  • Illustrations and up-close photographs show conditions and make oral surgery techniques easier to understand
  • Content on implants, new instruments, and the latest technology helps you treat your patients more effectively
  • In-depth Instrumentation chapter covers a wide variety of instruments and tray setups used by oral and maxillofacial surgeons
  • Coverage of complex OMS procedures gives you an understanding of what you will face in advanced OMS cases
  • Useful appendices offer resources such as best practices for taking operative notes, a DEA schedule of drugs, examples of common prescriptions, an overview of antibiotics, and consent forms

Readership

Dental students

Table of contents

Part I: Principles of Surgery

1. Preoperative Health Status Evaluation

2. Prevention and Management of Medical Emergencies

3. Principles of Surgery

4. Wound Repair

5. Infection Control in Surgical Practice

6. Pain and Anxiety Control in Surgical Practice

Part II: Principles of Exodontia

7. Instrumentation for Basic Oral Surgery

8. Principles of Routine Exodontia

9. Principles of More Complex Exodontia

10. Principles of Management of Impacted Teeth

11. Postextraction Patient Management

12. Medicolegal Considerations

Part III: Preprosthetic and Implant Surgery

13. Preprosthetic Surgery

14. Implant Treatment: Basic Concepts and Complex Cases

15. Implant Treatment: Advanced Concepts and Complex Cases

Part IV: Infections

16. Principles of Management and Prevention of Odontogenic Infections

17. Complex Odontogenic Infections

18. Odontogenic Diseases of the Maxillary Sinus

19. Diagnosis and Management of Salivary Gland Disorders

Part V: Management of Oral Pathologic Lesions

20. Principles of Differential Diagnosis and Biopsy

21. Surgical Management of Benign Oral Pathologic Lesions

22. Surgical Management of Malignant Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

23. Surgical Reconstruction of Defects of the Jaws

24. Management of the Patient Undergoing Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, and/or Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw

Part VI: Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma

25. Soft Tissue and Dentoalveolar Injuries

26. Management of Facial Fractures

Part VII: Dentofacial Deformities

27. Correction of Dentofacial Deformities

28. Management of Patients With Orofacial Clefts

29. Management of Patients with Craniofacial Disorders

30. Facial Cosmetic Surgery

Part VIII: Temporomandibular and Other Facial Pain Disorders

31. Facial Neuropathology

32. Management of Temporomandibular Disorders

Appendix 1: Operative Note (Office Record) Component Parts
Appendix 2: Drug Enforcement Administration Schedule of Drugs and Examples
Appendix 3: Examples of Useful Prescriptions
Appendix 4: Consent for Extractions and Anesthesia
Appendix 5: Antibiotic Overview

Product details

  • Edition: 8
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 30, 2026
  • Language: English

About the authors

James R. Hupp

Author
Affiliations and expertise
Founding Dean and Professor Emeritus of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Medicine, Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA

Edward Ellis

Author
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA

Elie M. Ferneini

Author
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, Ferneini Maxillofacial Surgical Institute, Cheshire, Connecticut, USA

Andrew Read-Fuller

Author
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Associate Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Texas A&M College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas. USA