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BOOK REVIEW

A textbook of advanced oral

and maxillofacial surgery

Editor: Mohammad Hosein Kalantar Motamedi

Publisher: INTECH
ISBN: 978-953-51-1146-7
Price: It is a free open access book.

A great number of textbooks have been written over
the years aiming to introduce students and residents
to the basics of oral and maxillofacial surgery. This
book presents information relevant to advanced oral
and maxillofacial surgical procedures, concepts, and
techniques.[1] It targets residents, specialists, and fellows
engaged in practice of this dynamic specialty. For
brevity, therefore, the basic topics are not presented as
they are well-covered in most textbooks; chapters on
asepsis, infection control, surgical armamentarium,
simple and complicated exodontia, antibiotic therapy,
apicectomy are thus not mentioned in this text. Instead,
up-to-date coverage of complex, technique-oriented
procedures performed by experienced specialists are
presented. This book provides surgical information that
will hopefully be helpful to clinicians in developing a
correct and systematic approach to patient diagnosis
and current management. To this end, 14 sections on
surgical complications of impactions, diagnosis, and
treatment of oral and maxillofacial infections, oral and
maxillofacial pathological lesions, reconstruction of
oral and maxillofacial defects, cleft lip and palate, and
ballistic injuries, distraction osteogenesis, radiotherapy
and chemotherapy, orthognathic surgery as well as
oral and maxillofacial cosmetic procedures have been
written by 93 international specialists from 18 countries.
The text is comprised of 32 chapters focusing on
advanced procedures of interest to practicing oral
and maxillofacial surgeons; this book may help build
a foundation of core knowledge that will guide and
stimulate further research and advancements in
this constantly changing field. Additionally, access
to this knowledge is simple because readers may
download the entire book online for free at: http://
www.intechopen.com/books/a-textbook-of-advanced-
oral-and-maxillofacial-surgery
Jafar Kolahi1, Yadolah Soleymani Shayesteh2
1
Founder and Managing Editor of Dental Hypotheses,
Isfahan, Iran, 2Department of Periodontics and Implant, School of
Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Corresponding Author: Jafar Kolahi N0 24, Faree 15, Pardis, Shahin
Shahr, Isfahan, Postal Code: 83179 18981 Iran.
E-mial: kolahi_jafar@yahoo.com
Reference
1. Motamedi MHK (editor). A textbook of advanced oral and
maxillofacial surgery. InTech, Manhattan. 2013.
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