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This practical handbook has been developed to present a large amount of useful information into a readily accessible format. Covering both oral medicine and oral surgery, it provides clear and concise details of drugs, dosages and drug interactions. Intended to complement the very successful Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry, this book will be of use to dentistry students in their clinical years, and to residents and practioners, especially those in hospital dentistry. It covers topics such as examination, investigations and their interpretations, dental records, systemic diseases, emergencies, oral medicine and pathology, oral analgesia, conscious sedation and general anaesthesia, oral and maxillofacial surgery pre-prosthetic, implant, orthognathic and cancer surgery. Appendices offer information about commonly used symbols, abbreviations and acronyms; cephalometric points and planes; qualifications in medicine and dentistry; sterilization, and further reading.