When you think of a mandible, what image comes to mind? Is it a panoramic radiograph, a standard profile view of the bone, or what you see in a real patient when you’re performing a procedure? When you’re taking a deep dive into anatomy, you should be able visualize all of these things and more! That’s why Dr Al-Faraje’s Clinical Anatomy for Oral Implantology features so many different types of images of all the different parts of the oral cavity and surrounding areas. Here, using the mandible as an example, we will take a look at the types of images found in this book and what each one means as an educational tool.
Drawings
Drawings of the mandible from different angles to show various anatomical features.
The oldest form of written communication, the drawing has never gone out of style. And for good reason! Illustrations allow the features to be recreated in bright contrasting colors to easily see what goes where. For example, veins, arteries, and nerves are represented in blue, red, and yellow, respectively, so the reader can easily distinguish them, though they would appear similar in other mediums. Drawings also allow certain features to be “cut” away to easily see what would be behind them. And, of course, drawings can be represented much larger than life. We’ve partnered with expert medical illustrators to create dozens of drawings for this book, and they are truly functional works of art.
2D and 3D Radiographs and CT Scans
2D and 3D radiography of the mandible to provide a useful look at what the clinician can expect to encounter when treatment planning implants.
Radiographs have been used in medicine for over 100 years, but the technology surrounding imaging techniques has continued to explode with advancements. 2D images provide a quick and easy view of characteristics such as the distance between various features like teeth, implants, and the alveolar nerve. Comparing radiographs of patients with different levels of alveolar resorption demonstrates the different classification systems of these types of patients and shows real-life examples of what the clinician will need to treat. And of course, CBCT scans and other 3D images that take advantage of the most cutting-edge digital technology have a huge range not only in treatment planning, but in getting a complete 360-degree look at actual patient anatomy.
Intrasurgical
Intrasurgical images provide the most realistic picture to help surgeons learn new techniques.
Intrasurgical images are one of the most valuable clinical educational tools in use today. They show step-by-step views of what the surgeon actually sees when performing the various procedures, and they demonstrate the specific steps to take when you find yourself in the same position. Photographs also tend to be enlarged to larger than life and color corrected to show more detail than is actually visible during surgery.
Dry Bones
Dry bones show shape and resorption patterns and demonstrate the mental canal and foramen, as well as the shape of the mandibular condyle, ramus, and body.
These types of images show actual human bone exposed, with no soft tissue to get in the way. They can be cut to view the cross section, viewed as a whole or in parts, and turned in different directions to see how the bone looks from multiple angles. Examples are provided both with and without teeth to see how the models differ and how resorption occurs on an actual bone.
Cadaver Specimens
Cadaver specimens can show real-life anatomy in a way no other type of image can.
The use of human specimens to demonstrate the orofacial anatomy is one of the defining features of this textbook. Unlike intrasurgical images, these are free of blood that may hide certain features, and dissections can be performed to identify nerves and vessels without any risk to a patient’s health. The specimens can be treated so that certain features may show a different color than they naturally appear, and areas can be sectioned to focus on any specific region or angle. This is the human body at its most fundamental.
Conclusion
Each of these images demonstrates something unique and different to provide a complete picture of the region in question. With over 500 images, many of which take up a half page or more for maximum detail, this book has everything you could want in a clinical anatomical text.
Clinical Anatomy for Oral Implantology, Second Edition
Louie Al-Faraje, DDS
Anatomical knowledge is vital not only for the safe and successful execution of surgical procedures, but also as the basis for accurate diagnosis and treatment planning. This in-depth anatomical text is designed with the practicing implantologist in mind, and it has been revitalized to have the utmost relevance to the clinical reality of oral implantology today. Impeccable full-page illustrations demonstrate a detailed view of each anatomical area, and clinical photos, radiographs, CBCT scans, and cadaver specimens provide a complete picture of what the clinician can expect to encounter. As in the previous edition, the aim of this book has been to present the necessary anatomical material in a readable and interesting form, and every effort has been made to sequence the information in a logical manner. This book is a must-have for any implant surgeon.
320 pp; 565 illus; © 2021; ISBN 978-1-64724-038-7 (B0387); US $228 (final), $182 (prepub)
- Arteries, Veins, and Innervation of the Maxilla and the Mandible
- Muscles of Facial Expression and Mastication
- Posterior Maxilla
- Zygomatic Bone
- Anterior Maxilla
- Posterior Mandible
- Anterior Mandible
- Bone Density and Adjacent Teeth
- Anatomy for Surgical Emergencies
- Topographic Anatomy of the Maxilla and the Mandible
- Venipuncture
Louie Al-Faraje, DDS, is a private practitioner as well as the founder and director of the California Implant Institute, which offers continuing education through advanced surgical and prosthodontic programs, including a master program and live patient surgical externships. Since 2001, more than 2,000 dentists from over 20 countries have received training at the institute. He is also the founder of Novadontics, an all-in-one implant practice management platform. Dr Al-Faraje studied dentistry at the Kiev Medical Institute and at Loma Linda University in California. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and a Diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and the American Board of Oral Implantology. Dr Al-Faraje lectures nationally and internationally.