Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Secrets

Dr. A. Omar Abubaker, DMD, PhD is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Dentistry, and he completed his residency training and a fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. He has been on the Faculty at VCU School of Dentistry and Medical Center since 1991. He is certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the American Board of Dental Anesthesiology. Dr. Abubaker serves as professor and Chairman of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Chief of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery School of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Dentistry, at MCV Hospital. He maintains a busy intramural private practice in oral and maxillofacial surgery. He is also actively involved in teaching dental students and oral and maxillofacial surgery residents. Dr. Abubaker authored two oral and maxillofacial surgery textbooks, over 100 chapters, over 50 peer- review scientific articles, and numerous abstracts and scientific presentations. Dr. Abubaker has recently become involved in education and research in the field of addiction and opioid epidemic and pain management.

• I PATIENT EVALUATIONCHAPTER 1 ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR SURGERY ROTATION?CHAPTER 2 PREOPERATIVE EVALUATIONCHAPTER 3 ELECTROCARDIOGRAMCHAPTER 4 LABORATORY TESTSCHAPTER 5 DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING FOR THE ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY PATIENTCHAPTER 6 ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY IN PANDEMIC: MEMORIES AND LESSONS FROM COVID-19II ANESTHESIACHAPTER 7 LOCAL ANESTHETICSCHAPTER 8 INTRAVENOUS SEDATIONCHAPTER 9 INHALATION ANESTHESIA AND NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTSCHAPTER 10 CAPNOGRAPHY AND PULSE OXIMETRYCHAPTER 11 ANESTHESIA FOR DIFFICULT PATIENTSIII PERIOPERATIVE CARECHAPTER 12 FLUID AND ELECTROLYTESCHAPTER 13 NUTRITIONAL SUPPORTCHAPTER 14 POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONSCHAPTER 15 INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND ICU CARECHAPTER 16 BASIC LIFE SUPPORT, ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT, AND ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORTCHAPTER 17 TRACHEOSTOMY AND CRICOTHYROTOMYIV MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE MENTALLY-COMPOSEDCHAPTER 18 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASESCHAPTER 19 RESPIRATORY DISORDERSCHAPTER 20 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH LIVER DISEASES AND HEMATOLOGICAL DISEASESCHAPTER 21 MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RENAL DISEASESCHAPTER 22 MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS OF PATIENTS WITH ENDOCRINE DISEASES AND PREGNANT PATIENTSCHAPTER 23 MANAGEMENT OF THE PATIENT WITH DIABETESCHAPTER 24 THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED SURGICAL PATIENTCHAPTER 25 SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, ADDICTION, AND POSTOPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENTV ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERYCHAPTER 26 APPLIED OROFACIAL ANATOMYCHAPTER 27 WOUND HEALINGCHAPTER 28 DENTOALVEOLAR SURGERY AND PREPROSTHETIC SURGERYCHAPTER 29 DENTAL IMPLANTSCHAPTER 30 TRIGEMINAL NERVE INJURYCHAPTER 31 OROFACIAL INFECTIONS AND ANTIBIOTIC USECHAPTER 32 DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF DENTOALVEOLAR INJURIESCHAPTER 33 MANDIBULAR TRAUMACHAPTER 34 MANAGEMENT OF ZYGOMATICOMAXILLARY COMPLEX AND ORBITAL FRACTURESCHAPTER 35 MIDFACIAL FRACTURESCHAPTER 36 FRONTAL SINUS FRACTURESCHAPTER 37 MANAGEMENT OF SOFT TISSUE INJURIESCHAPTER 38 CRANIOFACIAL SYNDROMESCHAPTER 39 OROMANDIBULAR DYSOSTOSISCHAPTER 40 SYNDROMES AFFECTING THE OROFACIAL REGIONCHAPTER 41 CLEFT LIP AND PALATECHAPTER 42 ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERYCHAPTER 43 DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESISCHAPTER 44 SLEEP APNEA AND SNORINGCHAPTER 45 FACIAL PAIN AND MYOFASCIAL DISORDERSCHAPTER 46 TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND SURGICAL TREATMENTCHAPTER 47 ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL CYSTS AND TUMORSCHAPTER 48 CANCER OF THE ORAL CAVITYCHAPTER 49 SALIVARY GLAND DISEASESCHAPTER 50 VASCULAR ANOMALIESCHAPTER 51 OSTEORADIONECROSIS/OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAWSCHAPTER 52 NECK MASSCHAPTER 53 BONE GRAFTING TO FACILITATE DENTAL IMPLANT PLACEMENTCHAPTER 54 LOCAL AND REGIONAL FLAPSCHAPTER 55 RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FACIAL SUBUNITSCHAPTER 56 MICROVASCULAR SURGERYVI COSMETOLOGYCHAPTER 57 EVALUATION OF THE AGING FACECHAPTER 58 COSMETIC BLEPHAROPLASTYCHAPTER 59 RHYTIDECTOMYCHAPTER 60 RHINOPLASTYCHAPTER 61 MINIMAL-INVASIVE COSMETIC SURGERYVII COMPLICATIONS AND BUSINESSCHAPTER 62 COMPLICATIONS IN ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERYCHAPTER 63 THE BUSINESS SIDE OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDECHAPTER 64 ETHICS IN ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERYCHAPTER 65 EVIDENCE-BASED SURGERYVIII RESIDENT APPLICATIONCHAPTER 66 APPLICATION AND INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY