EXTRACTED

Every tooth leaves its own way.

Extracted is the exodontia atlas the Crown to Apex series was waiting for: thirty two chapters, one for every permanent tooth, each with its own anatomy, its own operator position, its own danger zones and its own path out of the bone.

It is written by a surgeon who has delivered more than five thousand teeth and still saves teeth first. The nine steps of E.X.T.R.A.C.T.E.D. come first. Then every tooth in the mouth puts them to work, from the straight-rooted canine to the impacted third molar draped across the mandibular canal, with the author's own methods, instruments and stories at every turn.

Inside:

• All thirty two teeth, chapter by chapter, each with an at-a-glance table for the chair: roots, bone, anesthesia, forceps, elevators, delivery path, where to stand and the danger that matters most
• 182 color plates and renderings of anatomy, technique and delivered teeth
• Simple and surgical extraction, step by step: flaps, sectioning, bone removal and root tip retrieval
• The author's own methods: his periotome-first technique, his lower molar sectioning sequence and his canine "roll out"
• Third molars, coronectomy, the sinus and the oroantral communication
• Bone spurs, tori, alveoloplasty and full arch clearance
• Ridge preservation, grafting and the socket for the future implant
• Bleeding, dry socket, medically complex patients and the first seven days
• Forceps and elevator chooser, difficulty tables, a patient instruction sheet and a detailed index
• 104 review questions with full rationales

Written for general dentists, dental students, residents and every clinician who wants to elevate their skills.

What the universe gave you is ideal. Save it when you can. Deliver it well when you cannot.

Dr. Gurpreet S Khurana, DMD, MBA, Diplomate IDIA, is an implant surgeon and the owner of Dentistry of Bellevue and Dentistry of Monroe in Washington State. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine with an MBA from Johns Hopkins, he is the author of the ten-volume Crown to Apex dental anatomy series and its companion atlases.