Table Of ContentManual of Minor Oral Surgery
for the General Dentist
Manual of Minor
Oral Surgery for the
General Dentist
EditEd by
Pushkar Mehra, BDS, DMD
Chairman, department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Associate dean for Hospital Affairs
boston University Henry M. Goldman School of dental Medicine;
Chief of Service, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, boston Medical Center;
Chief of Service, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, beth israel deaconess Medical Center
boston, MA, USA
Richard D’Innocenzo, DMD, MD
Clinical Associate Professor and director of Pre‐doctoral Education
department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery;
Vice Chairman, dentistry and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, boston Medical Center
boston, MA, USA
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Contents
Contributors, vii 8 Surgical Implantology, 113
Alfonso Caiazzo and Frederico Brugnami
Preface, ix
9 Hard‐Tissue Augmentation for Dental Implants, 127
1 Patient Evaluation and History Taking, 1
Pamela Hughes
Dale A. Baur, Andrew Bushey, and Diana Jee‐Hyun Lyu
10 Soft Tissue Surgery for Dental Implants, 135
2 Management of the Patient with Medical Hussam Batal
Comorbidities, 11
11 Surgical Crown Lengthening, 165
David W. Lui and David C. Stanton
Serge Dibart
3 Minimal Sedation for Oral Surgery and 12 Endodontic Periradicular Microsurgery, 169
Other Dental Procedures, 23 Louay Abrass
Kyle Kramer and Jeffrey Bennett
13 Dentoalveolar Trauma, 225
4 Surgical Extractions, 37 Omar Abubaker and Din Lam
Daniel Oreadi
14 Orofacial Infections, 237
5 Third Molar Extractions, 55 Thomas R. Flynn
George Blakey 15 Complications of Dentoalveolar Surgery, 265
Patrick J. Louis
6 Pre‐prosthetic Oral Surgery, 85
Antonia Kolokythas, Jason Jamali, and Michael Miloro Index, 295
7 Evaluation and Biopsy Technique for Oral
Lesions, 103
Marianela Gonzalez, Thomas C. Bourland,
and Cesar A. Guerrero
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Contributors
Louay Abrass, DMD Frederico Brugnami, DDS
Clinical Assistant Professor Private Practice of Periodontology and Implantology
Department of Endodontics Rome, Italy
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Boston, MA, USA Andrew Bushey, DMD, MD
Formerly, Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial
Omar Abubaker, DMD, PhD Surgery
Professor and S. Elmer Bear Chair Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine/
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Case Medical Center
Medical College of Virginia School of Dentistry Cleveland, OH, USA
Richmond, VA, USA Currently in Private Practice of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery
Hussam Batal, DMD
Assistant Professor Alfonso Caiazzo, DDS
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Boston, MA, USA Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental
Medicine
Dale A. Baur, DDS Boston, MA, USA
Associate Professor and Chair Currently in Private Practice of Oral Surgery and Implantology,
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Salerno, Italy
Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine
and University Hospitals/Case Medical Center Serge Dibart, DMD
Cleveland, OH, USA Professor and Chair
Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology
Jeffrey Bennett, DMD Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental
Professor and Chair Medicine
Department of Oral Surgery and Hospital Dentistry Boston, MA, USA
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Indianapolis, IN, USA Thomas R. Flynn, DMD
Formerly, Associate Professor and Director of Pre‐doctoral
George Blakey, DDS Education
Clinical Associate Professor and Residency Program Director Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Harvard School of Dental Medicine
University of North Carolina School of Dentistry Boston, MA, USA
Chapel Hill, NC, USA Currently in Private Practice of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,
Reno, NV, USA
Thomas C. Bourland, DDS, MS
Clinical Adjunct Faculty Marianela Gonzalez, DDS
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Assistant Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies
Texas A & M Baylor College of Dentistry Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Dallas, TX, USA Texas A & M Baylor College of Dentistry
Private Practice of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dallas, TX, USA
Dallas, TX, USA
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viii Contributors
Cesar A. Guerrero, DDS Din Lam, DMD, MD
Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Private Practice of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Department of Surgery Charlotte, NC, USA
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX, USA Patrick J. Louis, DDS, MD
Professor and Residency Program Director
Pamela Hughes, DDS Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Associate Professor and Chair University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Birmingham, AL, USA
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR, USA David W. Lui, DMD, MD
Assistant Professor
Jason Jamali, DDS, MD Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Clinical Assistant Professor Medical College of Virginia School of Dentistry
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Richmond, VA, USA
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA Michael Miloro, DMD, MD, FACS
Professor, Department Head and Program Director
Diana Jee‐Hyun Lyu, DMD Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Formerly, Intern, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial University of Illinois at Chicago
Surgery Chicago, IL, USA
Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine/
Case Medical Center Daniel Oreadi, DDS
Cleveland, OH, USA Assistant Professor
Currently, Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Surgery, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Minneapolis, MN, USA Boston, MA, USA
Antonia Kolokythas, DDS, MSc David C. Stanton, DMD, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director and Associate Professor
Director of Research Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pharmacology
University of Illinois at Chicago University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Chicago, IL, USA Philadelphia, PA, USA
Kyle Kramer, DDS, MS
Assistant Clinic Professor of Dental Anesthesiology
Department of Oral Surgery and Hospital Dentistry
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Indianapolis, IN, USA
