... a
prerequisite for the well-qualified oral surgeon. But oralsurgery is no less a surgical specialty
than urology, for example. The common link between oralsurgery and other surgical
specialties ... in all surgery, including oral surgery, that all intelligent,
precautionary measures be taken to avoid the contamination of wounds.
Although the means for providing strictly aseptic mouth surgery ... extracted. No attempt is made to raise a mucoperiosteal flap
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Principles of surgery
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Oral surgery is unique among surgical specialties in that it identifies strongly with
dentistry....
... de-
layed healing and some scar formation. In ablative oral and
maxillofacial surgery, this will be limited in use to removal
or recontouring of intraoral skin grafts, for removing cuta-
neous scars ... difficult task. Contact
Laser surgery has been developed to augment and over-
come this and other fundamental deficiencies in free-beam
surgery. Contact Laser surgery works by altering the tissue ... right). In addition to providing the
Figure 1-8. Noncontact vs. contact laser surgery.
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sure. At the conclusion of the initial treatment, the...
... artery.
Maxillofacial Surgery
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