This book is a concise resource for understanding the myriad suturing options
available to dentists today. It includes recently developed suturing concepts
pertinent to both conventional oral surgery and oral microsurgery. The text
is supplemented with step-by-step drawings and photographs of the various
techniques performed on an animal model, which once mastered can be readily
applied in a clinical setting. The fi nal chapter discusses the management of the
occasional complications encountered during and after surgery.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Suture Instruments
Chapter 3. General Rules of Suturing in Dental Surgery
Chapter 4. The Surgical Knot: Suture Techniques Suture Techniques and Their
Indications at a Glance
Chapter 5. Time to Suture: The Most Important Facts in Brief
Chapter 6. Complication Management