Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

by Myron R. Tucker, James R. Hupp, Edward Ellis III, et al.

Book Overview

With comprehensive descriptions of the basic oral surgery procedures performed in the general practitioner's office, Contemporary and Maxillofacial Surgery, 5th Edition is a valuable reference for any dental office. This book covers the basic concepts of evaluation, diagnosis, and patient management so that you can immediately apply these concepts to practice. Detailed photographs, line drawings and biological and technical explanations accompany...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0323049036
• ISBN13: 9780323049030
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 728 Pages
• Weight: 4.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.5" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Good reminder of oral surgery

It is a good reminder that we meet at our routine job. Some hints and some you are missed can find it here.

Good Guide For GPs Going Beyond Minor Surgery

I bought the 4th edition of this book. How useful this book is to you depends on what you're looking for. Part 1 of the book is mostly theory. You've got preoperative assessment, principles of surgery, infection control etc. Part 2 deals with armamentarium, principles of exodontia etc. Useful info for dental students. However, you probably don't need more than 50% of it to pass your exams. For those who are just out into private practice, chapters on complicated exodontia, management of impacted teeth, preprosthetic surgery and implant surgery may be useful. For me, I have already been doing these procedures for years. Most of the info in these chapters is not new to me, but there are still some useful tips, even for experienced practitioners. Of course, this is not a book that focusses on implant surgery, so don't expect too much info in this area. As an active implant practitioner, I find the info a bit outdated. There are much simpler prostho components nowadays and I can't imagine using an external hex implant anymore. Having said that, there is good introductory info in this field. The newbie should be able to learn quite a bit. The chapters on reconstruction of clefts, defects, injuries are probably useful to postgrad students. I'm not able to comment here.

the best actualization of oral surgery

I think that this boog y very good, it's easy to understand, and very clear and gives information very important and useful for the clinician.

I found it "the best" book

This is a complete book regarding oral surger

2nd Ed. Recommended by the Medical Library Association

The previous edition (2nd) was recommended in "A Basic List of Recommended Books and Journals for Support of Clinical Dentistry in a Nondental Library" in Bulletin Of the Medical Library Association, July 1997.