New material has been included on recent restorative techniques; practice management; the latest developments in therapeutics; orthodontics; paediatric dentistry; life support algorithms; bisphosphonates and dentistry; plus an expanded section of useful websites.

This new edition is now in full color throughout with more images and many new diagrams.

Author Information

Laura Mitchell MBE MDS BDS FDSRCPS (Glasg) FDCRCS (Eng) FGDP (UK) DOrthRCS (Eng) MOrthRCS (Eng) qualified as BDS in 1981. She is the co-author of the popular Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry, now in its fifth edition. Laura was elected to the Board of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England for a second term in 2009 and has had a number of leadership positions including Vice Dean. She is currently a member of the Faculty's Executive Committee and Chair of the IT Committee. Previously, she served on the Dental Council of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. She has led the development of a number of postgraduate examinations and recently stepped down as Chair of the Intercollegiate Speciality Fellowship Examination in Orthodontics. She has played a prominent role in the development of Orthodontic Therapists. In 2010 she was awarded an MBE for services to healthcare.

David A. Mitchell, MBBS, BDS, FDSRCPS, FDSRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed), FRCS (Eng), FRCS (OMFS), Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon; Honorary Consultant and Senior Clinical Lecturer, Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals Trust; Leeds Teaching Hospitals, UK,Laura Mitchell, Consultant Orthodontist; Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, St Lukes' Hospital, Bradford; Leeds Dental Institute, UK. David A. Mitchell qualified Dundee 1981 and trained throughout North-East England and Scotland. Co-author of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry in 1989. Appointed Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and Lead for Head and Neck Cancer Services, Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals and Honorary Consultant and Senior Lecturer Leeds Teaching Hospitals. First Raven Department of Education Specialist Tutor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Specialist in maxillofacial oncological and reconstructive surgery, educator and developer and devisor of multiple specialist and generic courses with emphasis on education and human factors. Author: An Introduction to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (2006), "Bridging the Gap" course manuals, Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Project, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical Curriculum 2007/2009 and 175 journal publications. Editor of British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 2014 -2019 and Co-Director of Flap Raising and Microvascular Surgery courses.