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The new fourth edition has been comprehensively updated with the latest information in the field. The chapters are clear and concise and written in a simple language for the students to understand easily and recollect it during exams. The text is organized under clear headings. Main points in each chapter are highlighted and summarized into boxes for quick revision before examinations. There are numerous relevant clinical photographs and simple line diagrams in every chapter. Each chapter ends with commonly asked university paper questions for the students to revise for the examinations. MCQs provided for self-assessment and review. Pictures with latest updates have been added in many chapters. Recent advances and classifications have been updated to keep the students up to date with all aspects of oral and maxillofacial surgery. About the Author: Dr Chitra Chakravarthy is a graduate of Manipal College of Dental Sciences (MCODS) Mangalore and has completed her postgraduate from MCODS Manipal, Karnataka. She is presently the Professor and Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Navodaya Dental College, Raichur, Karnataka, India. She has over 24 years of teaching experience and is passionate about research and academics. She has worked at various capacities at different dental colleges in India. She has been a visiting scholar at Rush University, Chicago and at Stanford University, California. She has presented lectures at various forums including the prestigious Bernd Spiessl symposium at University of Basel. She has special interest in dental implants, TMJ surgeries, Maxillofacial trauma, Pathologies and emerging medical technologies including 3D printing.