Oral and maxillofacial surgery spans both the dental and medical undergraduate and postgraduate curricula. David Mitchell's An Introduction to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery offers an accessible introduction to the full range of topics encompassed by the discipline and takes a practical approach, focusing on the core competencies required by undergraduates, practical skills required by trainees, and an illustration of the advanced scope of the speciality.

Basic Patient Care 1. What is oral and maxillofacial surgery? 2. Basic principles and getting started 3. Asepsis, antisepsis and instruments 4. Managing people, pain and anxiety 5. Medical management of the oral and maxillofacial surgical patient Oral Surgery 6. Exodontia and its sequelae 7. Surgical endodontics 8. Third molar surgery 9. Dentoalveolar surgery for orthodontics 10. Oro facial injections 11. Cysts of the jaw 12. Benign surgical conditions of the mouth, jaws and neck 13. The paranasal sinuses 14. The temporomandibular joint and facial pain 15. Implantology and preprosthetic surgery Maxillofacial Surgery 16. Maxillofacial trauma - hard tissue trauma 17. Maxillofacial trauma - soft tissue trauma 18. Facial skin cancer 19. Orthognathic surgery 20. Cleft and craniofacial anomaly surgery 21. The salivary glands 22. Oral cancer 23. Reconstruction of the mouth, jaws and face 24. Facial aesthetic surgery 25. Cutting edge 26. Useful information

David MitchellConsultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Honorary Consultant and Senior Lecturer, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, Leeds; Raven Department of Education Tutor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons