Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is the fully updated third edition of the essential guide for all of those working towards the FRCS OMFS exit exam or the Diploma of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (MFDS) assessment, as well as a handy quick reference for consultants working in the field. Providing a concise and structured overview of the current oral and maxillofacial practice, the handbook covers the diagnosis and surgical treatment of diseases affecting the mouth, jaws, face, and neck.

Including a combination of clinical photographs and line drawings to aid understanding, the text has been bought in line with new evidence, practice, and revised guidelines, whilst maintaining the clear, user-friendly layout and expert tips of the previous editions.

Carrie Newlands, Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK,Cyrus Kerawala, Consultant Maxillofacial/Head and Neck Surgeon, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK

Carrie Newlands is a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford. She was appointed in 2003 following training in Ireland and the south of England. She is an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons in the exit FRCS OMFS and National Clinical Lead for the Department of Health e-Learning project in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Her interests include medical education and the management and reconstruction of patients with skin cancer, facial deformity and salivary gland disorders.

Cyrus Kerawala graduated from the University of London with honours degrees in both dentistry (The London Hospital, 1985) and medicine (St George's Hospital, 1992). After specialist training in the North East of England he was appointed as a Consultant in September 1999 and spent eight years at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford and North Hampshire Hospital in Basingstoke before moving to join the Head and Neck Unit at the Royal Marsden Hospital in May 2008. His main research areas concern free tissue transfer, marginal control of disease and management of the neck. He is an examiner for the exit FRCS and in July 2013 was appointed as Clinical Lead for the NICE guidelines in upper airways tract cancer.

1. Trauma, Ian Holland
2. Oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer, Brian Bisase and Cyrus Kerawala
3. Surgical dermatology, Ben Gurney, Roger Currie, and Carrie Newlands
4. Salivary glands, Katherine George and Rafal Niziol
5. Orthognathic, Daljit Dhariwal and Nigel Taylor
6. Craniofacial, David Koppel, Raju Sangra, and Emer Campbell
7. Cleft lip and palate, Simon Van Eden
8. Aesthetics, Helen Witherow and Paul Johnson
9. The temporomandibular joint, Nigel Shaun Matthews and Ben Hechler
10. Surgical principles and oral surgery, Hersh Saxena
11. Oral medicine, Katherine Fleming
12. Eponyms in OMFS, Brian Bisase
13. Other useful facts, Carrie Newlands and Cyrus Kerawala