Acknowledgements

In addition to those readers whose comments and suggestions have been incorporated into the sixth edition, we would like to thank the following for their time and expertise in updating individual chapters: Mr S. Fayle, Mr A. Graham, Dr H. Gorton, Ms E. McDerra, Dr I. McHenry, Dr L. Middlefell, Mr L. Savarrio, Mr R. Singh KC, Ms J. Smith, Dr I. Suida, Ms Y. Shaw, Mr I. Varley.

In addition, this book is the sum and distillate of its previous incarnations, which would not have been possible without; Mr K. Abdel-Ghalil, Mr B. S. Avery, Mr N. Barnard, Professor P. Brunton, Ms F. Carmichael, Mr N. E. Carter, Mr P. Chambers, Mr M. Chan, Dr A. Dalghous, Mrs J. J. Davison, Dr R. Dookun, Ms S. Dowsett, Dr C. Flynn, Dr H. Gorton, Dr I. D. Grime, Mr A. Hall, Mr H. Harvie, Ms V. Hind, Ms J. Hoole, Dr J. Hunton, Mr D. Jacobs, Mr W. Jones, Mr P. J. Knibbs, Ms K. Laidler, Mr C. Lloyd, Mr M. Manogue, Professor J. F. McCabe, Dr L. Middlefell, Dr B. Nattress, Mr R. A. Ord, Dr J. E. Paul, Mr J. Reid, Professor A. Rugg-Gunn, Professor R. A. Seymour, Professor J. V. Soames, Ms A. Tugnait, Dr D. Wood, and Professor R. Yemm. We acknowledge the hard work and expertise of Katherine Grice, the medical artist responsible for improving our amateur diagrams beyond recognition.

We are grateful to the editor of the BMJ, the BDJ and Professor M. Harris, the Royal National Institute of the Deaf, Laerdal, and the Resuscitation Council UK for granting permission to use their diagrams, and VUMAN for allowing us to include the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need.

Once again the staff of OUP deserve thanks for their help and encouragement.

Note Although this is an equal opportunity publication, the constraints of space have meant that in some places we have had to use ‘he’ or ‘their’ to indicate ‘he/she’, ‘his/hers’, etc.