Table of Contents 1
Cover
4
Foreword
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1 Principles of Surgery
1.1 Wound Healing
1.2 Patient Assessment
1.3 Radiographic Assessment
1.4 Informed Consent
1.5 Anaesthesia
1.6 Preparation of Equipment
1.7 The Surgeon's Preoperative Checklist
1.8 Operative Note
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2 Local Anaesthesia
2.1 Principles of Anaesthesia
2.2 Mechanism of Action
2.3 Common Local Anaesthetic Preparations
2.4 Side Effects and Toxicity
2.5 Basic Oral Anaesthesia Techniques
2.6 Adjunct Methods of Local Anaesthesia
2.7 Troubleshooting
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3 Basic Surgical Instruments
3.1 Retractors
3.2 Elevators, Luxators, and Periotomes
3.3 Dental Extraction Forceps
3.4 Ancillary Soft Tissue Instruments
3.5 Suturing Instruments
3.6 Surgical Suction
3.7 Surgical Handpiece and Bur
3.8 Surgical Irrigation Systems
3.9 Mouth Props
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4 Simple Extraction Techniques
4.1 Maxillary Incisors
4.2 Maxillary Canines
4.3 Maxillary Premolars
4.4 Maxillary First and Second Molars
4.5 Mandibular Incisors
4.6 Mandibular Canines and Premolars
4.7 Mandibular Molars
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5 Surgical Extraction Techniques
5.1 General Principles of Surgical Extraction
5.2 Practical Aspects of Surgical Extraction
5.3 Common Soft Tissue Flaps for Dental Extraction
5.4 Bone Removal
5.5 Tooth Sectioning
5.6 Cleanup and Closure
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6 Intraoperative Complications
6.1 Lip Burns and Lacerations
6.2 Damage to Adjacent Teeth or Restorations
6.3 Mandible Fracture
6.4 Tooth Aspiration or Ingestion
6.5 Instrument Fracture
6.6 Intraoperative Bleeding
6.7 Oroantral Communication
6.8 Dentoalveolar Fracture
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7 Third Molar Surgery
7.1 Treatment Planning of Impacted Third Molars
7.2 Difficulty Assessment and Preoperative Workup
7.3 Radiographic Assessment of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Risk
7.4 Surgical Approach to Third Molars
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8 Management of the Medically Compromised Patient
8.1 Ischaemic Cardiovascular Disease
8.2 Patients with a History of Infective Endocarditis
8.3 Hypertension
8.4 Medication‐Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaws
8.5 Diabetes Mellitus
8.6 Increased Bleeding Risk
8.7 Adrenal Suppression
8.8 The Irradiated Patient
8.9 Hepatic or Renal Impairment
