Oral Surgery
Guidelines/Consensus Statements - Guidance against infective endocarditis - NICE
- Customised titanium implants for orofacial reconstruction
- Guidance for the removal of third molars- NICE
- Management of Unerupted and Impacted Third Molar Teeth- SIGN
- Improving outcomes in head and neck cancers -NICE
- Referral guidelines for suspected cancer - NICE
- Diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer -SIGN - Full guideline [pdf, 1100kB] - Quick Reference Guide [pdf, 301kB] and Supplementary Material [pdf, 493kB]
Evidence Summaries from Oral Health Specialist library
- Comparing efficacy and safety of four intravenous sedation regiments in dental outpatients.
- Dental and skeletal changes following surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion.
- Effects of 0.2% chlorhexidine gluconate and amoxicillin plus clavanic acid on the prevention of alveolar osteitis following mandibular third molar extractions.
- Functional outcomes after organ preservation treatment in head and neck cancer: a critical review of the literature
- Hard palate repair timing and facial growth in cleft lip and palate: A systematic review.
- Inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide as an alternative to dental general anaesthesia for children
- Is lingual nerve protection neccessary for lower third molar germectomy? A prospective study of 300 procedures
- Lingual flap retraction and prevention of lingual nerve damage associated with third molar surgery: a systematic review of the literature
- Meta-analysis of surgical treatments for temporomandibular articular disorders
- Perioperative management of patients receiving oral anticoagulants: a systematic review
- Prevention of alveolar osteitis with chlorhexidine: a meta-analytic review
- Prophylactic removal of wisdom teeth
- Systematic review of the treatment and prognosis of the odontogenic keratocystThe effect of cranio-maxillofacial osteotomies and distraction osteogenesis on speech and velopharyngeal status: A critical review.
- The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prophylactic removal of wisdom teeth
- The psychosocial impact of orthognathic surgery: A systematic review
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Cochrane Review Abstracts
- Domestic violence screening and intervention programmes for adults with dental or facial injury
- Interventions for treating asymptomatic impacted wisdom teeth in adolescents and adults
- Management of the fractured edentulous atrophic mandible
- Preprosthetic surgery versus dental implants
- Resorbable versus titanium plates for orthognathic surgery
Systematic Reviews
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Associations- American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- British Association of Health and Neck Oncologists
- British Association of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeons
Journal Articles- British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology Journal
Patient Information
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Other Resources
- Oral Pathology Atlas
- Low dose Aspirin in Oral Surgery - Critically Appraised Topic from ATTRACT
- What are the recommendations for discontinuing warfarin prior to dental extraction?
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