Oral Surgery

Abstract The oral surgery section provides the reader with descriptions of and commentary on landmark papers covering the following topics. The chapters in this section look at dental implants (including Brånemark, the so-called father of modern dental implantology and the use of titanium implants), impacted palatal canines (including information on the closed technique and the open technique as well as the importance of patient-reported health), third molars and third molar removal (including information on health-related quality of life and healthcare costs), inferior alveolar nerve injury, coronectomy, ameloblastoma, odontogenic keratocysts, and medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (including information on use of corticosteroids and increasing duration of treatment).