Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry (7th Edition)

Description

For almost thirty years, the tried, tested, and much-loved Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry has been the indispensable guide to the dental world for dental students, trainees, practitioners, and nurses. Returning for its seventh edition it has been re-energized by new editors and a specialist contributor team, while still retaining its comprehensive, clear, and concise style.

The Handbook has been completely updated and brings you a wealth of information to keep pace with fast-moving areas of dental practice. This new edition includes a brand new chapter on dental implants, the new classification for periodontal disease, the latest key guidelines, protocols, and guidance on therapeutics, dental materials, and digital dentistry, as well as expanded information on topics such as ethics, dental law, and practice management. Designed for daily use, this Handbook ensures you will have everything you need at your fingertips whether on the go, in clinical sessions, or for revision.

Key Features

• The essential guide for all dental students, trainees, and practitioners
• New chapter on the essentials of dental implants
• Fully updated, including rapidly moving fields such as therapeutics, dental materials, and digital dentistry
• Emphasizes universally relevant clinical knowledge and skills throughout
• Summary boxes provided throughout to facilitate understanding and highlight important issues

New to this Edition

• New full chapter on dental implants
• Updated periodontal classification
• Updated information on the management of patients taking anticoagulants and antiplatelets
• Updated guidance on medical emergencies management
• Updated drug doses and frequencies in accordance with the BNF
• Inclusion of the new enhanced CPD guidance
• New key texts and references
• Expanded practice management chapter, reorganised with more detailed content that is easier to follow

Table of Contents

1. History and examination, Bethany Rushworth
2. Preventive and community dentistry, Bethany Rushworth
3. Paediatric dentistry, Stephen Fayle
4. Orthodontics, Claire Bates
5. Restorative dentistry 1: periodontology, Ian Dunn & Dhru Shah
6. Restorative dentistry 2: repairing teeth, Bethany Rushworth & Peter Nixon
7. Restorative dentistry 3: replacing teeth, Bethany Rushworth & Peter Nixon
8. Restorative dentistry 4: endodontics, Omar Ikram
9. Restorative dentistry 5: dental implants, Bethany Rushworth & Peter Nixon
10. Oral surgery, Anastasios Kanatas
11. Oral medicine, Anastasios Kanatas
12. Maxillofacial surgery, Anastasios Kanatas
13. Medicine relevant to dentistry, Anastasios Kanatas
14. Therapeutics, Anastasios Kanatas
15. Analgesia, anaesthesia, and sedation, Heather Gorton
16. Dental materials, Bethany Rushworth
17. Law and ethics, Simon Thackeray
18. Professionalism and communication, Bethany Rushworth
19. Practice management, Bethany Rushworth
20. Syndromes of the head and neck, Anastasios Kanatas
21. Useful information and addresses, Bethany Rushworth

Editors Biography

Bethany Rushworth, General Dentist, Yorkshire, UK, Anastasios Kanatas, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Leeds Dental Institute, UK

Bethany Rushworth is a General Dentist in Yorkshire, UK, providing restorative dentistry and orthodontics. She is on the editorial advisory board for Young Dentist Magazine and Student Engagement Lead for Dentinal Tubules.

Anastasios Kanatas is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Leeds Dental Institute, Leeds, UK, with special interests in Oral Oncology, Reconstruction and Clinical education. He is a co-chairman of the Bochum Free flap and Microvascular course, an international authority in patient-centred outcomes following head and neck cancer.

About the Series

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