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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780889903321

Autore

Sarnat Bernard G (Bernard George), <1912->

Titolo

Craniofacial biology and craniofacial surgery [[electronic resource] /] / Bernard G. Sarnat & James P. Bradley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010

ISBN

1-282-75772-5

9786612757723

981-283-929-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (624 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BradleyJames P. <1965->

Disciplina

617.5/1059

Soggetti

Head - Growth

Face - Growth

Head - Surgery

Face - Surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Craniofacial Biology and Craniofacial Surgery Bernard G. Sarnat, M.D., D.D.S. and James P. Bradley, M.D.; Recognition; Foreword by Geoffrey H. Sperber; Foreword by Joseph G. McCarthy; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; PART I THE LOWER FACE; PART II THE MIDFACE; PART III THE ORBIT AND EYE; PART IV TOOTH DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS; PART V THE CRANIUM; PART VI SOME LESSONS LEARNED; PART VII PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECTS; Appendix A Becoming a Plastic Surgeon - Yesterday (BGS); Appendix B Becoming a Plastic Surgeon - Today (JPB); Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is unique. It deals primarily with and brings together a wide-ranging group of essays spanning more than half a century's worth of research done by Bernard G Sarnat. Much of this historical review remains significant and germane today. Some material antedates the emergence of the specialties of craniofacial biology, craniofacial surgery, and bone biology, while many of the reports preceded the period of molecular biology. This book thus represents a fundamental pioneering contribution to a representative portion of the specialties. Building on past data reported by Sarnat, James P Br