Oral Surgery
It is my strong belief that writing a textbook consti- versity of Athens, Greece, for her contribution as a tutes an obligation for the academician towards his co-author of Chap. 16 “Prophylactic and Therap- students, as well as towards his colleagues who
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Fragiskos D. Fragiskos (Ed.)
Oral Surgery With 1307 Figures, mostly in Color and 11 Tables
Fragiskos D. Fragiskos, DDS, PhD Associate Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery School of Dentistry University of Athens Greece
Originally published in Greek by Professor Fragiskos Translated by Helena Tsitsogianis, DDS, MS Clinical Instructor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Athens, Greece
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3-540-25184-7 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York 978-3-540-25184-2 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Preface
It is my strong belief that writing a textbook constitutes an obligation for the academician towards his students, as well as towards his colleagues who are in search of continuing education. Keeping this obligation in mind and given the developments in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery and the recent impressive achievements in technology that have been noted, the writing of this book, which was based on the many years of experience of the author and contributors as well as the pertinent contemporary international bibliography concerning oral surgery, was considered imperative. This book aims to give the dental student and the general practitioner practical guidance in the form of an atlas, which includes surgical procedures that may be performed in the dental office. The practical format of this book has obliged us to limit the extent of theory and detailed description of techniques. Instead, we opted for numerous figures and a detailed step-by-step analysis employing illustrations of each surgical technique, keeping in mind that, in this type of book, a picture is undoubtedly more important than words. The mater
