Medical Dentistry

Bridging the gap between dental and medical knowledge, this resource provides postgraduate dental trainees with practical advice on dealing with clinical problems not encountered during their university training.Less

Challenging Concepts in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery presents 26 complex case scenarios that are mapped to the OMFS syllabus. These are intended to provide the clinician with examples of problems that may present in day-to-day practice and provoke thought regarding management options. ‘Learning points’, ‘Clinical tips’, and ‘Evidence base’ underscoring the management, accompany the main body of the text, acting as an aide-mémoire for the reader. The cases have been peer reviewed by a renowned expert in the field in the form of the ‘Expert comments’ boxes. The topics discussed range from ‘Management of osteoradionecrosis of the mandible’ to ‘High-energy ballistic injuries to the face’.Less

The new edition of this online guide gives a concise and structured overview of current maxillofacial practice in a user friendly format. It covers all specifics concerned with the diagnosis and surgical treatment of diseases affecting the mouth, jaws, face and neck, and is particularly useful to trainees in maxillofacial surgery at both junior and senior level, working towards the MFJDS and the FRCS and comprehensively covers the syllabus for exit FRCS (OMFS). It also encompasses new evidence and changes in guidelines and clinical practice, and features new and improved figures and photographs to illustrate procedures.Less

This resource focuses on the unique set of oral symptoms that occur in cancer patients, and provides an international, multi-professional reference with up-to-date, evidence-based, clinically relevant advice. It covers topics such as oral anatomy and physiology, oral assessment and oral hygiene, and surgical, radiotherapy and chemotherapy side effects are detailed. Additionally, there are chapters addressing the needs of specific groups of patient (e.g. paediatric patients, patients with advanced cancer), and the health economic impact of oral complications.Less

This book, like all the other Oxford Handbooks, aims to provide a compact, but comprehensive, guide to medical practice. It has been designed to slip inside the pocket of a white coat and to be rapidly retrieved for reference. There are many blank facing pages for notes and for amending or annotating the text to fit in with local practice. The core text is based on an anatomical list of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) diseases. There are separate sections on ENT examinations, investigations, common operations, ward care, and emergencies. There is also a separate section on the work of other ENT health professionals. Chapter 3 on ‘common methods of presentation’ is unique for this type of book. This chapter is a guide for dealing with patients as they present in clinical practice. It also provides a convenient way of accessing the relevant chapter in the anatomical list. New to this edition is an overview of ENT conditions and their management in other parts of the world.Less

This new edition of Oxford Handbook of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery has been fully updated to cover the current guidelines and research in the field of OMFS. Splitting vital knowledge into sections based on clinical areas, this handbook uses bulleted lists and summary boxes to make the information easily searchable. Chapters on ‘in the clinic’, ‘in the theatre’, and ‘on the ward’ cover all common complaints and presentations that the reader can expect to encounter in their daily activities, and a dedicated section to emergencies provides clear advice. Common drugs and dental materials are covered as a quick reference guide. With OMFS now part of the Core Training programme for surgical trainees, the handbook ensures a solid grasp of the basics and fundamentals to help support decision making for junior doctors, dental foundation trainees, specialist nurses, and medical and dental students.Less

The range of topics featured on a final ENT Viva exam can be very varied. Viva Training in ENT ensures testers can answer any question confidently and comprehensively, and this resource provides over 430 examples, mirroring exactly the format of the examination questions and covering all the relevant areas of the curriculum. Dedicated chapters on topics such as rhinology, head and neck, otology and paediatrics take the reader through the types of scenarios that are likely to be faced, often presenting a clinical example and asking a range of questions that test not only diagnostic skills, but also supporting knowledge. Three further chapters cover the clinical section of the exam involving patients, and the operative surgery and communication skills stations. These chapters provide both example scenarios and general advice on how to impress the examiners, giving the reader a thorough grounding in how best to communicate knowledge and to complete tasks calmly and methodically. For each question, detailed model answers and explanatory notes are provided, along with links to relevant websites and key journal articles for further reference. Additionally, questions are supplemented with over 85 illustrations and photographs.Less

Training in oral and maxillofacial surgery is lengthy and demanding, requiring dual qualification and basic training in dentistry and medicine, followed by completion of a higher surgical training programme. The ‘exit examination’ leading to the awarding of the specialty Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (FRCS(OMFS)) represents the final academic step of training in the specialty. For part 2 of the FRCS(OMFS) examination, one day is dedicated to ‘vivas’, where the candidate is interviewed by two senior clinicians in their diagnosis and management of conditions in the specialty. As such it encompasses the entire remit of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, including orthognathic surgery, craniomaxillofacial trauma, surgical oncology and dermatology, oral medicine, craniofacial surgery, dentoalveolar surgery, temporomandibular joint disorders, salivary gland disease, local flap and free tissue transfer, oral implantology and cleft surgery. This daunting syllabus is covered in four viva sessions of thirty minutes, with six five-minute vivas in each session. The aim of this book is to give candidates a structure as to how to answer such scenarios as well as provide clinical subject matter encompassing the range of the specialty. This includes pertinent scenarios that are generally not covered in other FRCS revision books such as ethics, consent and negligence. As such it will be of interest to clinicians in related specialties, including dermatology, oral surgery, ENT, and plastic surgery.Less