EVIDENCD-BASED ORAL SURGERY. A CLINICAL GUIDE FOR THE GENERAL DENTAL PRACTITIONER

DESCRIPTION

This bookis designed to guide thedental practitioner in themedical and surgical management of theoral surgery patient. It provides dentistsand dental professionals with up-to-date, evidence-based information on how to handle anyoral surgical problem and how to workup a patient. The book is dividedinto five sections, the firsttwo of whichpresent overviews of general and basic perioperative topics and theprinciples of exodontia. Management of oral pathology is thendiscussed in detail, covering odontogenic infections, osteonecrosis, preprosthetic surgery, common oral pathology, biopsy techniques, and dentoalveolar trauma. The fourth sectionis devoted to topics in advancedoral surgery, such as disturbances of the temporomandibular joint apparatus, facial deformities, and dental implants. Finally, a series of illustrative case reports and unusualsurgical cases is presented. The book is multi-institutional and multispecialty based. Both editors haveextensive academic experience and have authored numerousscientific publications.  

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Elie M. Ferneini, MD, DMD, MHS, MBA,FACS, is a practicing oral and maxillofacial surgeon inCheshire, Connecticut, USA and an associate clinical professor at the University of Connecticut, with responsibilities for both undergraduateand graduate training. He is also themedical director of Beau VisageMedical Spa.  Dr. Ferneini isa graduate of Southern Connecticut State University(BS, magna cum laude), Quinnipiac University (MHS, MBA), andUniversity of ConnecticutMedical and Dental Schools(DMD, MD). He completed his oral and maxillofacialsurgery residency at the University of Connecticut and then undertook 2 years of general surgery training at the same institution. Dr. Ferneini has a long history of conducting research, resulting in more than 70 scientific publications. He has lectured nationally and internationally. His professional interests spanhospital-based and office-based maxillofacial surgical procedures, includingreconstructive facial surgery, maxillofacial pathology, and cosmetic facialsurgery.  Dr. Ferneini is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral andMaxillofacial Surgery. He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Oral and MaxillofacialSurgery and the Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery.  He is currently the editor in chief of theAmericanJournal of Cosmetic Surgery, the officialpublication of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery co-editor of the Springer books Perioperative Assessment of the MaxillofacialSurgery Patient: Problem-Based PatientManagement and Complicationsin Maxillofacial Cosmetic Surgery.

Michael T. Goupil, DDS, MEd, MBA, FACD, is an emeritusfaculty in the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine.  He is agraduate of the University of Michigan School of Dental Medicine (DDS), University of SouthernMississippi  (MEd),and the Universityof Hartford (MBA).  Dr.Goupil completed an oral and maxillofacial surgery residency in the Air Force at Wilford Hall Medical Center and a Fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at the Armed Forces Instituteof Pathology in Washington,DC.  He retired in 1992 fromthe Air Force as a colonel after a 23-year career duringwhich he served as an Oral and MaxillofacialSurgery consultant to the Air ForceSurgeon.  Dr. Goupil thenjoined the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery faculty at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, where he concurrently served as Associate Dean for Students.  He recently retired from theuniversity as an Emeritus Associate Professor and stillmaintains several other academic appointments.  Dr. Goupil practicedfull-scope oral and maxillofacial surgery for over 40 years. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral andMaxillofacial Surgery. He is the authorof numerous publications and a reviewer for variousjournals.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Patient Assessment:Evidenced-Based Healthcare Process
2. Infection Control
3. Medical Assessment
4. Dental Radiography. Principlesof Exodontia: Local Anesthesia
5. Uncomplicated Exodontia
6. Complicated Exodontia
7. Impacted Teeth
8. Surgical Complications
9. Acute Pain Management
10. Antibiotics. Management ofOral Pathology: OdontogenicInfections
11. Osteonecrosis
12. Preprosthetic Surgery
13. Common Oral Pathology
14. Biopsy Techniques
15. Dento-Alveolar Trauma. AdvancedOral Surgery: Disturbances of the TemporomandibularJoint Apparatus
16. Facial Deformities
17. Dental Implants
18. Forensic Dentistry. Illustrative Case Reports