Description
Book SynopsisProvides nurses with an understanding of the procedures and surgical techniques, and overall care of the patient in the specialty. This book is suitable for nurses in the specialty working in the out-patient department, on the ward and in the operating theatre.
Trade Review“[the book] is well illustrated and…on that basis alone, the book would be useful for dental nurses working in an Oral & Maxillo Facial Unit.”
The British Dental Nurses’ JournalTable of ContentsContributors vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 The Out-patient Department 5
P. Daymond
Chapter 2 Pre-assessment 17
P. Edwards
Chapter 3 31 The Ward and Day Unit
M. Russell
Chapter 4 Operating Theatre 51
M. Slater
Chapter 5 Dentoalveolar Surgery 69
T.J. Storrs and C. Yates
Chapter 6 Benign Soft Tissue Lesions 103
G. Pel1 and C. Yates
Chapter 7 Surgery for Jaw Deformity 125
P. Cove
Chapter 8 Salivary Glands 143
C. Yates
Chapter 9 Maxillofacial Trauma 159
G.D.D. Roberts and C. Roberts
Chapter 10 The Temporomandibular Joint 189
R.P. Juniper
Chapter 11
Part I Malignancy of the Maxillofacial Region 213
P.J. Leopard
Part II Skin Cancer 231
M. Telfer
Part 111 The Role of the Head and Neck Nurse Specialist 249
L. Knighton
Chapter 12 Pre-prosthetic Surgery 255
G.T. Cheney
Chapter 13 Cleft Lip and Palate 273
G. Pell
Suggested further reading 285
Index 287
