A new book has now been added to the reference literature on dental surgery, namely "Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery", written by well-known OMS educators, James R. Hupp, Edward Ellis III and Myron R. Tucker, who present the readers with the best means of evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in head, neck and orofacial infections. The book comprises 31 chapters, divided in 8 parts, accompanied by several appendices and an index. Part I, "Principles of Surgery", presents the pre-operative health status evaluation, prevention and management of medical emergencies, principles of surgery, wound repair, infection control in surgical practice, pain and anxiety control in surgical practice. Part II, instrumentation for basic oral surgery, shows principles of routine and more complex exodontia, management of impacted teeth, post-extraction patient management and medicolegal consideration are brought together in "Principles of Exodontia". Part III, "Preprosthetic and Implant Surgery", describes pre-prosthetic surgery, basic concepts and techniques, advanced concepts and complex cases in implant treatment. Part IV, "Infections", addresses odontogenic infections, principles of endodontic surgery, patient undergoing radiotherapy or chemotherapy, odontogenic diseases of the maxillary sinus and salivary gland disorders. Part V, "Management of Oral Pathologic Lesions", describes principles of differential diagnosis and biopsy and surgical management of oral pathologic lesions. Soft tissue and dentoalveolar injuries and management of facial fractures are presented in Part VI, "Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma". Part VII, "Dentofacial Deformities", highlights correction of dentofacial deformities, facial cosmetic surgery, patients with orofacial clefts and defects of the jaws. Facial neuropathology and temporomandibular disorders are described in Part VIII. The appendices include examples of operative notes, administration schedule of drugs, useful prescriptions, consent for extractions and anesthesia and antibiotics. The book is clearly edited and is accompanied by drawings and full colored photography to make the concepts presented easy to understand. The 7 th edition of the book "Contemporary Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery" represents a comprehensive text for understanding the most advanced procedures and technologies that help to treat patients with head, neck and orofacial area pathologies. The book is the best guide in training dentistry and dental hygiene students and improving dental postgraduates, general practitioners and OMF surgery. The Books Review is drafted in the reviewer's sole wording and illustrates his opinions.
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The aim of this report is to provide guidance to assist in the international convergence of quality assurance, benchmarking and assessment systems to improve dental education. Proposals are developed for mutual recognition of qualifications, to aid international movement and exchange of staff and students including and supporting developing countries. Quality assurance is the responsibility of all staff involved in dental education and involves three levels: internal, institutional and external. Benchmarking information provides a subject framework. Benchmarks are useful for a variety of purposes including design and validation of programmes, examination and review; they can also strengthen the accreditation process undertaken by professional and statutory bodies. Benchmark information can be used by institutions as part of their programme approval process, to set degree standards. The standards should be developed by the dental academic community through formal groups of experts. Assessment outcomes of student learning are a measure of the quality of the learning programme. The goal of an effective assessment strategy should be that it provides the starting point for students to adopt a positive approach to effective and competent practice, reflective and lifelong learning. All assessment methods should be evidence based or based upon research. Mutual recognition of professional qualifications means that qualifications gained in one country (the home country) are recognized in another country (the host country). It empowers movement of skilled workers, which can help resolve skills shortages within participating countries. These proposals are not intended to be either exhaustive or prescriptive; they are purely for guidance and derived from the identification of what is perceived to be ‘best practice’.
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