This practical resource helps readers arrive at an integrated understanding of both general and oral surgery â” in one convenient text. A companion to Wray: Textbook of General and Oral Medicine, it provides the basic principles of general surgery and general medicine and a more detailed knowledge of certain areas of these specialties which are related to dentistry or have an influence on the practice of dentistry.

• <b>PART I: GENERAL SURGERY</b><br><i>A. Basic principles</i><br>1. Introduction<br>2. History and examination<br>3. Wound healing and suture materials<br>4. Complications of surgery<br>5. Fluid balance metabolism and nutrition<br>6. Blood disorders and their management in surgical practice<br>7. Cross infection control<br>8. Surgical sepsis<br>9. Fractures<br>10. General anaesthesia<br>11. Conscious sedation<br><i>B. Specialist surgical principles</i><br>12. Maxillofacial trauma<br>13. Orthognathic surgery<br>14. Salivary gland surgery<br>15. Plastic surgery<br>16. Management of facial clefts<br>17. Management of orofacial malignancy<br>18. Otorhinolaryngology (ENT surgery)<br>19. Neurosurgery<br>20. Temporomandibular joint investigation and surgery<br><b>PART II: ORAL SURGERY</b><br>21. Introduction<br>22. History and diagnosis<br>23. Basic oral surgical techniques<br>24. Local anaesthesia<br>25. Extraction techniques<br>26. Complications of extractions<br>27. Wisdom teeth<br>28. Cysts of the jaw<br>29. Periradicular surgery<br>30. Pre-prosthetic surgery<br>31. Orthodontics and surgery<br>32. Other surgical techniques<br>33. Spread and control of infection<br>34. Salivary gland diseases<br>35. Oral surgery in the medically compromised<br>36. Diseases of bone<br>37. Dental implants<br>38. Cryosurgery and laser surgery

David Wray MD, BDS, MB, ChB, FDSRCPS, FDSRCS(Edin) Professor of Oral Medicine, University of Glasgow, Honorary Consultant in Oral Medicine, North Glasgow University Hospitals, NHS Trust, Glasgow, UK