This lecture is a primer for dentists and physicians regarding evaluation of facial skeletal and soft tissue injuries, including emergency, primary reconstructive, and definitive manage-ment along with long-term problem care. The major topics of examination, diagnostic radiographic evaluation, airway management, anatomic considerations, and treatment alternatives will be discussed. All of this will be presented using a classic collection clinical cases.
Dr. Traub graduated from Creighton University School of Dentistry in 1978 following which he completed a 3-year Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He then enjoyed a full-time solo practice in his home town of Albuquerque, New Mexico USA until the summer of 2023. More recently, he has accepted a teaching position at Creighton University Dental School as a clinical professor in the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery department. He is on the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Oral Biology (AIOB), still practices surgery part-time in Albuquerque, and is becoming certified by the International Academy of Independent Medical Legal Evaluators, being the first in his field in that organization. He has placed dental implants since 1982 and still does major facial traumatic reconstructive surgery.
