You can get tons of books electronically. Hopefully some of the OMFS residents from your dental school can hook-up the future residents with a few of these.
The most important things to read and prepare before arrival to your residency program are things you already have! This is what you will be pimped on more than anything.
-Head/Neck Anatomy
-Cardiovascular & Respiratory Physiology
-Pharmacology (Know the classes/mechanism of action/indications/
contraindications). Especially for Antihypertensive Meds, Diabetic Meds, Narcotics, NSAIDS, Antibiotics, Seizure Meds, Bisphosphonates, Common Chemotherapy Meds, Immunosuppressants, HIV Meds, and All the Medications and Rescue Meds used in Sedation/General Anesthesia.
-Pathology (Oral-Maxillofacial and General Path)
-Dental Management of the Medically Compromised Patient (This book will give you a good understanding of the disease process, medical management and dental considerations/management).
MORE OMFS SPECIFIC TOPICS/BOOKS
Peterson 2 Volume Series. The PDF version is great because its color and you can print out individual chapters. My advice to you guys with this book is to only read 5-8 pages a night. You'll cover the 2 volume series in a year. Focus on learning/understanding those 5 pages.
Ellis... Surgical Approaches to the Facial Skeleton. Again a great book available in PDF.
OMFS Secrets... only scratches the surface, but its a great book in teaching you the types of questions you will be pimped on. It shows you appropriate wording/responses.
Clinical Anesthesiology... Lange. Its what most of us used and read prior to going off to Anesthesia. You will probably learn very different sedation techniques hands on from your seniors and attendings for the clinical office setting. But for GA cases this gives you what you need to know.
The above books are more than enough to get you started.... but again focus on the most important things. ANATOMY/PHYSIOLOGY/PHARMACOLOGY
Other books that are great, but not necessary to buy in the beginning but you should seriously consider/work towards getting during your residency (especially via the Synthes Program... books for free is always awesome)...
Marx- Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology
Marx- Bisphosonates..
Marx- Atlas of Extraoral and Intraoral Bone Grafting
Fonseca 3 Volume Series
Fonseca 2 Volume Maxillofacial Trauma
Ward Booth- Craniomaxillofacial trauma and esthetic reconstruction
Sclar- Soft tissue and esthetic considerations in implant therapy
Block- Color Atlas of Implant Surgery
Take advantage of the medical library at your dental school. Take advantage of the medical library you will have at your residency program. You have the opportunity to download unlimited PDF files of articles from the major journals that we frequently use....
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
European Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-facial Surgery
Oral Surgery Oral Pathology Oral Medicine and Endodontics
Key Word Search for Authors and their articles (there are dozens more, these just came to mind): These guys usually have good articles and landmark articles...
Marx, Ord, Pogrel, Ellis, Swift, Kaban, Miloro, Schmidt, McCain, Wolford, Dolwick, Flynn, Fernandes, Bennet, Ghali, Ward etc. etc...
Other Topics: Osteoradionecrosis and Hyperbaric Oxygen, Bisphosphonate Induced Osteonecrosis of the Jaw, rhBMP-2, Platelet Rich Plasma, Hypertension, Diabetes, Endocrine Disorders, Respiratory Disorders
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Got them both a long time ago, used and at a great price. Not sure how much they are now, but I'm sure they are over $250-300 each...
