This edition has been designed to equip the students with as much

knowledge on all topics as desirable from the point of view of brilliant success

in both theory and practical examinations as well as to face real-life clinical

scenarios. With the involvement of a young surgeon in this edition, the

mindset of the 21st century dentist is being included in the thought process of

understanding, conceiving and executing the student-centric book for oral and

maxillofacial surgery.  Students posed interesting questions and challenges, as a result of

which we need to constantly improvise the approach to the expression,

teaching, explanation and making the concept and skill easy to teach in the

book.

Large-scale additions and modifications are done in the following chapters: