Handbook of Paediatric Dentistry, 2nd Edition
ISBN 0723431868 · Paperback · 432 Pages · 298 Illustrations
Mosby · Forthcoming Title (May 2003)
A concise, practical and highly-illustrated guide to the management of child patients for dental students and general dental practitioners.
Features
Concise presentation of the management of all common dental conditions of children, including those with special needs.
Over 200 colour illustrations facilitate diagnosis of dental abnormalities.
Presents the essential practical information much more accessibly than competing books.
What's New
First chapter on child management to be divided into two - one on assessment and one on pain control, with more emphasis on local anaesthesia, sedation and general anaesthesia.
Chapters on restorative dentistry and orthodontics rewritten
General updating throughout
Size will remain more or less the same to ensure that the book is still an acessible, practical handbook.
Contents
Assessment. Pain control. Fluoride modalities. Dental caries and restorative paediatric dentistry. Pulp therapy for primary teeth. Trauma management. Oral pathology. Dental anomalies. Medically compromised children. Orthodontic diagnosis and treatment in the mixed dentition. Mangement of the cleft lip and palate. Speech and language development. Appendices.