
Fundamentals of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- 1st Edition - June 2, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier India
- Author: Divya Mehrotra
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 8 1 - 3 1 2 - 5 4 8 9 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 8 1 - 3 1 2 - 5 4 9 0 - 5
Fundamentals of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is a classic text on basic oral and maxillofacial surgery focusing on the concepts of the subject. It provides clinical exposure th… Read more

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Request a sales quoteFundamentals of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is a classic text on basic oral and maxillofacial surgery focusing on the concepts of the subject. It provides clinical exposure through numerous patient photographs, short videos and sensitizes the students to evidence-based practice. It ensures a comprehensive coverage of skills to diagnose maxillofacial diseases and perform minor oral surgical procedures.
This book provides a strong foundation, has comprehensive coverage of syllabus, and imparts information in format which is easy to understand and remember. This will be invaluable to undergraduate dental students in their clinical years and provide basic knowledge to the postgraduates as well.
- Additional chapters on:
- Essential and basic topics like Drains, Electrocautery, Cryosurgery, Laser, Injections, Bone Healing, Delayed Union & Malunion which are not available in other contemporary books
- Evidence-based oral and maxillofacial surgery, and
- Research methodologies and statistical tools with focus on grant writing
- Text supported with numerous illustrations and flowcharts for better understanding of concepts
- Case-based questions to help students prepare for exams
- MCQs with answers at end of each chapter for self-evaluation
- Digital Ancillaries:
- Short videos of surgical procedures
- Video lectures by stalwarts in the field
- Numerous explanatory power-point presentations
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of video links
- Unit I: Basics of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Chapter 1.1: Introduction
- Scope
- Aims
- Objectives
- Attitude, behaviour, interpersonal and communication skills
- Chapter 1.2: Principles of Oral Surgery
- Introduction
- Principles of oral surgery
- MCQs
- Chapter 1.3: Sterilisation and Disinfection
- Definitions
- Classification of materials to be sterilised
- Methods of sterilisation
- Disinfection by chemical agents
- MCQs
- Chapter 1.4: Pain Control and Sedation
- Introduction
- Diagnosis of pain
- Management of pain
- Conscious sedation
- MCQs
- Chapter 1.5: Local and General Anaesthesia
- Local anaesthesia
- Local anaesthetic agents
- Composition of local anaesthetics
- Theories of mode of action of local anaesthesia
- Basic injection techniques
- Maxillary nerve blocks
- Mandibular nerve blocks
- Complications of local anaesthetics
- General anaesthesia
- Pre-assessment and optimisation
- Anaesthetic techniques
- Techniques of securing airway in maxillofacial surgery
- MCQs
- Chapter 1.6: Approaches to Mandible and Midface
- Surgical part preparation
- Principles of incision placement
- Surgical approaches to the mandible
- Approaches to the TMJ
- Approaches to the midface
- Approaches to the upper face
- MCQs
- Chapter 1.7: Haemorrhage and Shock
- Haemorrhage
- History and presurgical evaluation
- Investigations
- Management
- Shock
- MCQs
- Chapter 1.8: Drainage and Debridement
- Drainage
- Complications and failure of drains
- Wound debridement
- MCQs
- Chapter 1.9: Sutures and Suturing Techniques
- Definition
- Rationale for suturing
- Principles of suturing
- Suture selection
- Properties of suture material
- Classification of suture materials
- Needle selection
- Surgical knots
- Suturing techniques
- MCQs
- Chapter 1.10: Intramuscular and Intravenous Injections
- Advantages of injections
- Syringe
- Techniques
- MCQs
- Chapter 1.11: Application of Electrocautery, Cryotherapy and Lasers in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Electrocautery
- Cryosurgery
- Lasers
- MCQs
- Unit II: Minor Oral Surgery
- Chapter 2.1: Exodontia
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Pain and anxiety control
- Armamentarium for exodontia
- Preoperative assessment
- Steps of extraction
- MCQs
- Chapter 2.2: Impacted Teeth
- Theories of impaction
- Aetiology
- Impacted mandibular third molars
- Maxillary third molar impaction
- Impacted maxillary canine
- MCQs
- Chapter 2.3: Pre-Prosthetic Surgery
- Residual ridge resorption
- Requisites for oral rehabilitation
- Ideal edentulous ridge
- Preventive methods
- Reasons for pre-prosthetic surgery
- Goals of pre-prosthetic surgery
- Indications for pre-prosthetic surgery
- Evaluation of patient
- Surgical procedures
- Classification
- MCQs
- Chapter 2.4: Oral Implantology
- Advantages of implant-based prosthesis
- Endosseous implants
- Types of implants
- Patient evaluation
- Implant surgery
- Sinus lift
- Zygoma and pterygoid implants
- MCQs
- Unit III: Maxillary Sinus and Its Afflictions
- Chapter 3: Maxillary Sinus
- Anatomy
- Histology
- Clinical examination
- Radiographic examination
- Developmental and pathological anomalies
- MCQs
- Unit IV: Temporomandibular Joint
- Chapter 4: Temporomandibular Joint
- TMJ afflictions
- Temporomandibular disorders
- TMJ dislocation
- TMJ ankylosis
- MCQs
- Unit V: Infections
- Chapter 5: Maxillofacial Infections
- Odontogenic infections
- Fascial spaces
- Stages of infection
- Infections of spaces of head and neck: anatomy, clinical features, management
- Osteomyelitis
- Non-odontogenic infections
- Infections of oral mucosa
- Mucormycosis
- Oral myiasis
- MCQs
- Unit VI: Pathologies
- Chapter 6.1: Benign Cystic Lesions of the Jaw
- Formation of cysts
- Pathogenesis
- Diagnosis of cysts
- Treatment of cysts
- Cysts of the jaw
- Cysts of maxillary antrum
- Salivary gland cysts
- Soft tissue cysts
- MCQs
- Chapter 6.2.1: Jaw Tumours: General Considerations
- Classification
- History taking
- General head and neck examination
- Investigation
- Management
- MCQs
- Chapter 6.2.2: Non-Odontogenic Tumours
- Giant cell lesion of jaw
- Fibro-osseous lesion
- Other lesions
- MCQs
- Chapter 6.2.3: Tumours of Odontogenic Origin
- Classification of odontogenic tumours of jaw
- Ameloblastoma
- Adenomatoid odontogenic tumour
- Squamous odontogenic tumour (benign epithelial odontogenic tumour)
- Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumour (CEOT) (Pindborg’s tumour)
- Odontogenic fibroma
- Odontogenic myxoma (odontogenic fibromyxoma, myxofibroma)
- Benign cementoblastoma (true cementoma, periapical cementoma)
- Ameloblastic fibroma
- Ameloblastic fibro-odontoma
- Odontomes
- Calcifying odontogenic cyst and dentinogenic ghost cell tumour
- Ameloblastic odontoma (odontoameloblastoma)
- Malignant odontogenic carcinomas
- MCQs
- Chapter 6.2.4: Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders
- Epidemiology and clinical presentation
- Aetiology
- Malignant transformation
- Oral leukoplakia (OL)
- Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia
- Oral erythroplakia (OE)
- Oral lichen planus (OLP)
- OSMF
- Management
- Complications
- MCQs
- Chapter 6.2.5: Oral Cancer
- Anatomy of oral cavity
- Epidemiology of oral cancer
- Aetiopathogenesis of oral cancer
- Clinical features
- Staging
- WHO classification of oral malignant and benign lesions
- Diagnostic work-up in oral cancer
- Treatment
- MCQs
- Chapter 6.2.6: Chemoradiotherapy and Radiotherapy
- Assessment of resectability
- Treatment modalities
- Principles of preradiotherapy dental evaluation and management
- Principles of radiation therapy
- Principles of chemotherapy
- Rehabilitation
- MCQs
- Chapter 6.2.7: Salivary Gland Tumours
- Benign tumours of salivary gland
- Malignant tumours of salivary glands
- MCQs
- Unit VII: Maxillofacial Trauma
- Chapter 7.1: Emergency Management and General Considerations
- History
- Epidemiology
- Trimodal death distribution
- Prehospital management
- Triage
- Assessment of severity of injury
- Primary survey and resuscitation
- Secondary survey
- MCQs
- Chapter 7.2: General Considerations of Maxillofacial Fractures
- Aetiology of fractures
- Classification of fractures
- Oral and maxillofacial examination
- Investigations
- Biochemical tests for CSF
- Teeth in the line of fracture
- MCQs
- Chapter 7.3: Dentoalveolar Fractures
- Clinical evaluation
- MCQs
- Chapter 7.4: Fractures of Mandible
- Surgical anatomy
- Classification of mandibular fractures
- Examination of patient
- Management
- MCQs
- Chapter 7.5: Condylar Fractures
- Impact
- Classification
- MCQs
- Chapter 7.6: Midface Fracture
- Applied anatomy of the mid face
- Classification of fractures of maxilla
- MCQs
- Chapter 7.7: Zygomaticomaxillary Complex Fractures
- Anatomy
- Classification of zygomatic complex fractures
- Diagnosis of zygomaticomaxillary complex fractures
- Radiographic examination
- Management
- Fractures of orbital floor
- MCQs
- Chapter 7.8: Fractures of the Frontal Sinus, Naso-ethmoidal and Skull Base Region
- Incidence and aetiology
- General examination
- Local examination
- Radiology
- Clinical features and management
- Complications associated with upper third facial fractures
- Advancement in upper third complex facial fractures management
- MCQs
- Chapter 7.9: Paediatric Fractures in Children
- Growth and surgical considerations
- Epidemiology of facial fractures in children
- Diagnosis
- Management
- Geriatric maxillofacial trauma
- Pathophysiology in elderly
- Epidemiology of geriatric fractures
- Factors governing repair of maxillofacial fractures
- MCQs
- Chapter 7.10: Bone Healing, Delayed Union and Malunion
- Healing of extraction socket
- Factors affecting healing
- Complications in healing
- Immediate implant healing
- Fracture healing
- Factors that promote healing
- Complications of fracture healing
- Healing of bone grafts
- MCQs
- Unit VIII: Jaw Deformities and Orthognathic Surgeries
- Chapter 8: Orthognathic Surgery
- Diagnosis and treatment planning
- Methods of growth assessment
- Imaging techniques
- Presurgical patient preparation
- Common skeletal deformities requiring surgical correction
- Maxillary surgical procedures
- Mandibular surgical procedures
- Surgery of the chin region
- Postsurgical care
- Complications of orthognathic surgery
- MCQs
- Unit IX: Cleft Lip and Palate
- Chapter 9: Cleft Lip and Palate
- Incidence
- Aetiology
- Genetic counselling in cleft lip and palate
- Pathophysiology
- Abnormal anatomy
- Classification
- Clinical features
- Investigations
- Treatment
- Complications
- Follow-up care
- MCQs
- Unit X: Neurological Disorders
- Chapter 10.1: Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Classification
- Epidemiology
- Aetiology
- Pathophysiology
- Clinical features
- Patient evaluation
- Diagnostic testing
- Treatment
- MCQs
- Chapter 10.2: Facial Nerve
- Anatomy of facial nerve
- Facial paralysis
- Bell’s palsy
- MCQs
- Chapter 10.3: Nerve Injuries
- Trigeminal nerve
- Nerve degeneration
- Regeneration of axons
- Nerve injury classification
- Neurosensory testing
- Management of nerve injuries
- MCQs
- Unit XI: Medical Emergencies in Dental Practice
- Chapter 11: Medical Emergencies in Dental Office
- Classification of medical emergencies
- Emergency preparations
- Primary approach to management
- Response to emergency
- Prevention of medical emergencies
- MCQs
- Unit XII: Recent Advancements in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Chapter 12: Recent Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- MCQs
- Unit XIII: Evidence-Based Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Chapter 13: Evidence-Based Practice in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Use of antibiotics
- Use of corticosteroids
- Impacted teeth removal
- Extraction and tooth autotransplantation
- Dental implants
- TMJ
- Maxillofacial trauma
- Oral cancer
- Osteonecrosis
- Orthognathic surgery
- Cleft
- Tumour
- Salivary gland
- Unit XIV: Research Methodologies and Statistical Tools
- Chapter 14: Research Methodologies and Statistical Tools
- Biostatistics and tests of significance
- MCQs
- Unit XV: Case-Based Studies
- Chapter 15: Case-Based Discussions
- Case 1
- Case 2
- Case 3
- Case 4
- Case 5
- Case 6
- Case 7
- Case 8
- Case 9
- Case 10
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 2, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier India
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9788131254899
- eBook ISBN: 9788131254905