Contents
- 1 The history of dental anaesthesia
- 2 Preassessment and optimization of oral and maxillofacial patients
- 3 Medicolegal aspects of anaesthesia for oral and maxillofacial surgery
- 4 Recognition and management of the difficult airway
- 5 The surgical airway
- 6 The innervation of the head and neck
- 7 Regional anaesthetic techniques in oral and maxillofacial surgery
- 8 Conscious sedation
- 9 Anaesthesia for dental surgery
- 10 Anaesthesia for aesthetic surgery
- 11 Infection and oral and maxillofacial surgery: implications for anaesthesia
- 12 Oral and maxillofacial related injuries and hazards during anaesthesia
- 13 Oral and maxillofacial imaging for the anaesthetist
- 14 Anaesthesia for maxillofacial trauma
- 15 Facial, oral, and airway thermal injuries and anaesthesia
- 16 Anaesthesia for oral and maxillofacial malignancy
- 17 Adjuvant therapy for head and neck malignancy
- 18 Anaesthesia for orthognathic surgery
- 19 Anaesthesia for paediatric maxillofacial surgery
- 20 Hypotensive anaesthesia
- 21 Anaesthesia for nasal and antral surgery
- 22 Orofacial pain
- 23 Sleep apnoea
- 24 Postoperative nursing considerations for the maxillofacial surgical patient