Decision Making in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

This book assembles the decision-making acumen and experience of 30 oral and maxillofacial surgery specialists who have been recognized for expertise they have developed over years of patient treatment. Drawing on this body of knowledge mediated by experience, the contributors have synthesized their standard decision-making processes into annotated diagnosis and treatment algorithms. Combining “at-a-glance” understanding with detailed and authoritative discussion of the salient facts and features of more than 90 pathologic entities, these treatment algorithms are especially valuable for residents, recent graduates and others treating patients who present with unfamiliar signs and symptoms or with therapeutic problems in the oral and maxillofacial region.

Table of Contents

I. Dentoalveolar Problems
II. Implant Therapy
III. Dentofacial Deformities
IV. Trauma
V. Reconstructive Surgery
VI. Cysts
VII. Tumors and Other Lesions
VIII. Cleft Lip and Palate
IX. TMDs and Orofacial Pain
X. Maxillary Sinus Pathology
XI. Salivary Gland Pathology
XII. Bone Infection and Necrosis
XIII. Sleep Disorders
XVI. General Considerations

Edited by, Daniel M. Laskin and A. Omar Abubaker