Foreword ix List of Contributors xi 1 Oral Anatomy and Physiology 1Matthew Lemmons and Donald Beebe 2 Oral Examination and Diagnosis 25Jan Bellows 3 Oral Radiology and Imaging 41Brook Niemiec 4 Developmental Pathology and Pedodontology 63Bonnie H. Shope, Paul Q. Mitchell, and Diane Carle 5 Periodontology 81Kevin Stepaniuk 6 Traumatic Dentoalveolar Injuries 109Jason Soukup 7 Oral and Maxillofacial Tumors, Cysts, and Tumor‐Like Lesions 131Jason Soukup and John Lewis 8 General Oral Pathology 155Heidi B. Lobprise 9 Anesthesia and Pain Management 177Lindsey C. Snyder, Christopher Snyder, and Donald Beebe 10 Oral Surgery – Periodontal Surgery 193Heidi B. Lobprise and Kevin Stepaniuk 11 Oral Surgery – Extractions 229Cynthia Charlier 12 Oral Surgery – General 247Heidi B. Lobprise 13 Oral Surgery – Fracture and Trauma Repair 265Kendall Taney and Christopher Smithson 14 Oral Surgery – Oral and Maxillofacial Tumors 289Heidi B. Lobprise and Jason Soukup 15 Basic Endodontic Therapy 311Robert C. Boyd 16 Advanced Endodontic Therapy 335Michael Peak and Heidi B. Lobprise 17 Restorative Dentistry 357Anthony Caiafa and Louis Visser 18 Crowns and Prosthodontics 387Curt Coffman, Chris Visser, Jason Soukup, and Michael Peak 19 Occlusion and Orthodontics 411Heidi B. Lobprise 20 Domestic Feline Oral and Dental Diseases 439Alexander M. Reiter, Norman Johnston, Jamie G. Anderson, Maria M. Soltero-Rivera, and Heidi B. Lobprise 21 Small Mammal Oral and Dental Diseases 463Loïc Legendre 22 Exotic Animals Oral and Dental Diseases 481Roberto Fecchio, Marco Antonio Gioso, and Kristin Bannon Index 501

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