This popular pocket book presents the practical aspects of diagnosis and management for postgraduate dental trainees in hospitals or general and community dental practice. With coverage of oral medicine and pathology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, including traumatology, and relevant aspects of sedation, anaesthetics and therapeutics, this book bridges the gap between undergraduate dental and medical knowledge, allowing the dental professional to be able to take a full medical history, examine the patient, perform the appropriate investigations, appreciate the patient's medical problems and their implications on dental management, and finally enabling them to treat their patients in a safe and effective way.

1. History; 2. Examination; 3. Investigations; 4. Relevant medicine; 5. Special needs groups; 6. Emergencies; 7. Oral diseases; 8. Therapeutics; 9. Analgesia, sedation and anaesthesia; 10. Peri-operative management; 11. Oral and maxillofacial surgery: trauma surgery; 12. Oral and maxillofacial surgery: non-trauma surgery; 13. Being a professional; Appendicces

Crispian Scully, CBEDean and Director of Studies and Research, Eastman Dental Institute, University of London; Honorary Consultant, University College London Hospitals Trust, UK, Athanasios KalantzisMaxillofacial Unit, United Lincolnshire Hospitals, Lincoln, UK