This book covers a wide range of topics in oral surgery with detailed, step-by-s tep analysis of surgical techniques, with many examples. Various aspects of surg ical techniques, such as the instruments and materials used in oral surgery, typ es of flaps and suturing techniques, radiographic techniques, complications and treatment, odontogenic infections, and the latest scientific information concern ing preventive and therapeutic use of antibiotics in dentistry, are analyzed. Th e chapters by distinguished colleagues presenting selective yet abundant photogr aphic material, together with figures which are of excellent quality, make this book a necessary practical guide for both the inexperienced and experienced dent ist.