Since the first edition was published, this book has become the standard text for trainees in oral and maxillofacial surgery preparing for their exit examinations (intercollegiate FRCS). This third edition represents a major advance with each chapter thoroughly revised and updated and relevant new topics added, such as robotics, laser resurfacing and face transplantation. Once again, the editors have selected renowned experts from around the world to author the chapters, ensuring that the book continues to reflect international best practices.

Chapter 1. Imaging techniques, including computed tomography-guided biopsy and fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography
Chapter 2. Ultrasound imaging, including ultrasound-guided biopsy
Chapter 3. Surgical and other investigations
Chapter 4. 3D modelling for head and neck surgery
Chapter 5. Tooth extraction
Chapter 6. Removal of unerupted teeth
Chapter 7. Nerve injuries and repair
Chapter 8. Surgical endodontics
Chapter 9. Cysts of the jaws, face and neck
Chapter 10. Basic implantology- An American perspective
Chapter 11. Adjunctive office-based techniques for bone augmentation in oral implantology
Chapter 12. Basic and advanced implantology- A European perspective
Chapter 13. Major preprosthetic surgery, incorporating implants
Chapter 14. Craniofacial implantology
Chapter 15. Tissue engineering
Chapter 16. Emergency procedures
Chapter 17. Reconstructive surgery- Local and pedicled orofacial flaps
Chapter 18. Pectoralis major
Chapter 19. Reconstructive surgery- Harvesting, skin mucosa, bone and cartilage
Chapter 20. Microvascular surgery- Principles
Chapter 21. Radial forearm flap
Chapter 22. Scapula and parascapular flaps
Chapter 23. Rectus abdominis
Chapter 24. Latissimus dorsi flap
Chapter 25. Anterolateral thigh flap
Chapter 26. Gracilis flap
Chapter 27. Fibular flap
Chapter 28. Vascularized iliac crest grafts
Chapter 29. Facial reanimation
Chapter 30. Laser: General principles
Chapter 31. Computer-assisted reconstruction of the facial skeleton
Chapter 32. Transoral robotic surgery
Chapter 33. Assessment and principles of management of head and neck cancer
Chapter 34. Percutaneous Endoscop
Chapter 35. Oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: Patholoqical assessment of resection specimens and neck dissections
Chapter 36. Access surgery
Chapter 37. Excision of skin lesions and orbital and nasal reconstruction
Chapter 38. Local resection and reconstruction of oral carcinomas and lip cancer
Chapter 39. Jaw resection
Chapter 40. Orbital resection and reconstruction
Chapter 41. Neck dissection
Chapter 42. Sentinel node biopsy
Chapter 43. Tumours of the skull base
Chapter 44. Submandibular, sublingual and minor salivary gland surgery
Chapter 45. Management of stones and strictures and interventional sialography
Chapter 46. Facial nerve dissection and formal parotid surgery
Chapter 47. Extracapsular dissection
Chapter 48. Thyroidectomy
Chapter 49. Treatment techniques, surgery and sclerosants
Chapter 50. Interventional radiology of the head and neck
Chapter 51. Assessment and initial management
Chapter 52. Contemporary maxillofacial fixation techniques
Chapter 53. Management of facial soft-tissue injuries
Chapter 54. Dentoalveolar trauma
Chapter 55. Mandibular fractures
Chapter 56. Management of condylar fractures including endoscopic reduction
Chapter 57. Middle third fractures
Chapter 58. Orbital trauma
Chapter 59. Craniofacial trauma, including management of frontal sinus and nasoethmoidal injuries
Chapter 60. Zygomatic fractures
Chapter 61. Temporomandibular joint arthroscopy: Diagnostic and operative technique
Chapter 62. Surgery to the temporomandibular joint
Chapter 63. Treatment of temporomandibular joint ankylosis
Chapter 64. Total prosthetic replacement of the temporomandibular joint
Chapter 65. Primary closure of the unilateral cleft lip
Chapter 66. Primary closure of bilateral cleft lip
Chapter 67. Primary repair of cleft palate
Chapter 68. Secondary cleft surgery
Chapter 69. Alveolar bone grafting in cleft patients
Chapter 70. Cleft rhinoplasty
Chapter 71. Segmental surgery of the jaws
Chapter 72. Orthognathic surgery of the mandible
Chapter 73. Orthognathic surgery- maxilla (Le FortI, II and III
Chapter 74. Mandibular distraction osteogenesis by intraoral and extraoral techniques
Chapter 75. Maxillary distraction osteogenesis by intra-oral and extra-oral techniques
Chapter 76. Surgical management of craniosynostosis
Chapter 77. Surgical management of orbital hypertelorism
Chapter 78. Hemifacial microsomia
Chapter 79. Sleep apnoea and snoring, including non-surgical techniques
Chapter 80. Nonsurgical techniques: Botox and fillers
Chapter 81. Hair transplantation
Chapter 82. Brow lift and facelift, including endoscopic surgery
Chapter 83. Aesthetic blepharoplasty
Chapter 84. Aesthetic otoplasty (bat ear correction
Chapter 85. Rhinoplasty and septoplasty: Closed and open rhinoplastic techniques
Chapter 86. Rhinoplasty for Southeast Asian noses: Open and closed approaches
Chapter 87. Post-traumatic rhinoplasty
Chapter 88. Laser skin resurfacing
Chapter 89. Face transplantation