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Marian-Vladimir Innovative Perspectives in Oral
Constantinescu
DDS, MSc, PhD and Maxillofacial Surgery
Holistic Dental & Medical Institute
of Bucharest - ROPOSTURO
Bucharest, Romania
e-mail: dr.vladimir.constantinescu@gmail.com Editors: Mark R. Stevens, Shohreh Ghasemi, Reza Tabrizi
Publisher: Springer Nature, Switzerland
Language: English
ISBN: 978-3-030-75749-6
Edition: 1/e
Books Review
Publish Year: 2021
Pages: 499, Illustrated
Price: € 117,69
Dr. Mark Stevens, Chief of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Augusta
University in Augusta, GA, USA, Dr. Shohreh Ghasemi, Resident of oral surgery at the International
University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain and Dr. Reza Tabrzi, Associate professor of Shahid
Behshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran as editors together with the 87 contributors
are creating a book on the latest technologies and developments in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
The book entitled "Innovative Perspectives in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery" addresses the
proposed topic in 52 chapters.
This book examines the latest technologies and developments in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
Information is presented in an easy-to-read format and each surgical technique is detailed. Each
chapter includes scientific documentation of the procedure through clinical trials, objective
patient benefits, detailed explanations of the procedure, levels of treatment complexity
according to the SAC (simple-advanced complex) classification, and costs.
First, it starts with information on osteocyte, molecular and cellular basis of bone, biomaterial
for osseous reconstruction, bone quality and quantity. it continues with data on oral implants,
immediate and early implantation versus delayed implantation, immediate single tooth implant,
ultra-short implant, zygomatic implants, all-on-four concept, autotransplantation, predictabil-
ity, peri-implantitis and computer-guided implant dentistry. Information is presented regarding
sinus elevation, conservative technique, options or alternatives, alveolar ridge splitting, vertical
ridge augmentation, mandibular bone block graft, socket shield technique, canine impaction and
fenestration and endodontic surgery combined with CAD/CAM technology. Among the
reconstructive and plastic surgery techniques are mentioned: anterior and posterior iliac crest
graft, SARPE and MARPE, nerve involvement, osseodensification, cleft lip and palate surgical
intervention, orthognathic surgery, skull reconstruction for craniosynostosis and soft tissue
plastic surgery.
Differential diagnosis in oral lesions, intraoral biopsy techniques, systemic diseases with oral
manifestations, innovations in the management of temporomandibular joint disorders,
medications used in oral surgery are topics covered at the end of this book.
The chapters comprehensively present the treatment procedures, being supported by eloquent
images and tables.
The book "Innovative Perspectives in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery" is addressed to under-
graduate students in the field of dentistry, dental hygienists, general dentists, specialists and the
elderly in maxillofacial surgery.
https://doi.org/10.25241/stomaeduj.2022.9(3-4).bookreview.6
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