Oxford textbook of anaesthesia for oral and maxillofacial surgery / edited by Ian Shaw, Chandra Kumar, and Chris Dodds.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The history of dental anaesthesia / Gary Enever -- Preassessment and optimization of oral and maxillofacial patients / Diane Monkhouse and Sanjiv Sharma -- Medicolegal aspects of anaesthesia for oral and maxillofacial surgery / Christopher Heneghan -- Recognition and management of the difficult airway / Charles H. Kates and Steven Gayer -- The surgical airway / Kaye Cantlay -- The innervation of the head and neck / Bernard J. Moxham and Barry K.B. Berkovitz -- Regional anaesthetic techniques in oral and maxillofacial surgery / John Gerard Meechan -- Conscious seadation / David Craig -- Anaesthesia for dental surgery / Sean Williamson -- Anaesthesia for aesthetic surgery / Sandip Pal and Chandra Kumar -- Infection and oral and maxillofacial surgery : implications for anaesthesia / Ian D. Clement -- Oral and maxillofacial related injuries and hazards during anaesthesia / Hilary Turner and Ian Shaw -- Oral and maxillofacial imaging for the anaesthetist / Neil Heath and Iain Macleod -- Anaesthesia for maxillofacial trauma / Joy Curran -- Facial, oral, and airway thermal injuries and anaesthesia / Tim Vorster -- Anaesthesia for oral and maxillofacial malignancy / Anjum Ahmed-Nusrath, Seema Pathare, and Stephen Bonner -- Adjuvant therapy for head and neck malignancy / Charles G. Kelly -- Anaesthesia for orthognathic surgery / Viki Mitchell -- Anaesthesia for paediatric maxillofacial surgery / Ann Black and Senthil Nadarajan -- Hypotensive anaesthesia / Andrew Jones -- Anaesthesia for nasal and antral surgery / Sanjiv Sharma and Judith C. Wright -- Orofacial pain / Tara Renton and Joanna Zakrzewska -- Sleep apnoea / Chris Dodds -- Postoperative nursing considerations for the maxillofacial surgical patient / Lindsay Garcia.