Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry

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OUP Oxford, Jul 30, 2009 - Medical - 761 pages
The new edition of this best-selling pocket guide covers the whole of clinical dentistry in a concise format. The authors have distilled the essentials of clinical practice into a readily accessible style with blank spaces provided for readers to add their own notes. This edition has been completely revised with a wealth of new information plus a complete revision of the Restorative Dentistry and Periodontology chapters by a new contributor, more diagrams (now in colour) and more colour clinical pictures. New material has been included on recent restorative techniques; practice management; the latest developments in therapeutics; orthodontics; paediatric dentistry; life support algorithms, bisphosphonates and dentistry; plus an expanded section of useful websites. This new edition is now in full colour throughout, with more images and many new diagrams.
 

Contents

1 History and examination
1
2 Preventive and community dentistry
23
3 Paediatric dentistry
53
4 Orthodontics
119
5 Periodontology
173
6 Restorative dentistry
217
7 Prosthetics and gerodontology
293
8 Oral surgery
339
11 Medicine relevant to dentistry
489
12 Therapeutics
557
13 Analgesia anaesthesia and sedation
581
14 Dental materials
605
15 Law and ethics
647
16 Professionalism and communication
667
17 Practice management
691
18 Syndromes of the head and neck
725

9 Oral medicine
395
10 Maxillofacial surgery
451
19 Useful information and addresses
733
Index
749

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