2. Make a Diagnosis
Know your patient
Examine your patient
Look at the data
Consider the alternatives
Is picking up a knife the best thing to
do?
3. Be Prepared for
Surgery
Proper instrumentation and supplies
Surgical access
Mouth opening
Good visibility
Lighting
Suction
Flaps
Good assistants
4. Be Aseptic
Try not to make the patient worse than
before he came to see you!
Don’t contaminate your environment
5. A Chance to Cut is a Chance to
Cure
Buy a new knife
Be assertive
Watch where you are going
Consider closure