Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry

David Mitchell is qualified in dentistry and medicine, and from 1981 to 1998 he trained in dental, general, and oral & maxillofacial surgery. From 1998, he worked as Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, building a District General Hospital department and regional specialist practice in maxillofacial oncology and reconstruction. Achievements include 5 editions of the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry, over 100 publications, and a decade on the editorial board of the British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. A member of the FDS education committee, he is an 'Advanced Trauma Life Support' and 'Training the Trainers' Instructor and created a well established regional hospital induction course for dentists wishing to work in the general hospital environment. An elected council member of the British Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, David is co-chair of an international flap raising and microvascular course and has teaching links in Europe, the US and the Middle East.

• 1. History and examination ; 2. Preventive and community dentistry ; 3. Paediatric dentistry ; 4. Orthodontics ; 5. Periodontology ; 6. Restorative dentistry ; 7. Prosthetics and gerodontology ; 8. Oral surgery ; 9. Oral medicine ; 10. Maxillofacial surgery ; 11. Medicine relevant to dentistry ; 12. Therapeutics ; 13. Analgesia, anaesthesia, and sedation ; 14. Dental materials ; 15. Law and ethics ; 16. Professionalism and communication ; 17. Practice management ; 18. Syndromes of the head and neck ; 19. Useful information and addresses

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