Maxillofacial surgery deals with major surgery of jaw bone tumour, oral cancers, temporomandibular joint, congenital facial defects, jaw bone fracture etc. This branch of surgery has come up more recently with advanced surgical technique and bone grafting has become a regular job for maxillofacial surgeons in the reconstruction of acquired or congenital jaw defect. The term grafts applies to the transplantation of living tissues and implant means transplantation of nonviable tissues. Besides microvascular flap with bone may be grafted anastomosing with vessels. Numerous attempts have been...

Dental Management Of The Medically Compromised Patient is an up-to-date, concise, factual reference describing the dental management of patients with selected medical problems. The book offers the dental provider an understanding of how to ascertain the severity and stability of common medical disorders, and make dental management decisions that afford the patient the utmost health and safety. Medical problems are organized to provide a brief overview of the basic disease process, the incidence and prevalence of the disease, pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, laboratory findings, currently...