Paediatric Dentistry (5th Edition)

Description

This new edition of Paediatric Dentistry is a trustworthy guide to the essentials of paediatric dentistry for both students and practitioners alike.

Written in a user-friendly style, this textbook contains over 18 fully up-to-date and comprehensive chapters. All content has been carefully structured to ensure the reader is provided with both key theoretical and practical information on paediatric dental care. Chapter content ranges from dental trauma and child safeguarding through to prevention and restorative treatments, in addition to further content on oral surgery and paediatric oral medicine. Each chapter is complemented by the use of key point boxes, full colour illustrations, and photographs to enhance the understanding clinical technique. With recommended further reading and extensive key references, this core text also encourages students to critically analyse and evaluate evidence.

Edited by a team of experts in the field, this is an excellent introduction to the field of paediatric dentistry for both undergraduate and post-graduate students as well as a key source of reference for practising clinicians.

Key Features

• Teaches a child-centred approach to dentistry with practical advice for dealing with children in a clinical setting
• A highly illustrated guide with over 650 illustrations and full colour images
• Key clinical procedures are supported by step-by-step illustrations

New to this Edition

• Each chapter contains up-to-date further reading and key reference sources
• Paediatric oral medicine and oral surgery are now discussed to prepare the reader for the comprehensive role they might play in protecting the health and wellbeing of the child

Table of Contents

1. Craniofacial growth and development, Toby Gillgrass and Richard Welbury
2. Introduction to dental surgery, Barbara Chadwick and Anthony Blinkhorn
3. Risk assessment, Helen Rodd and Fiona Gilchrist
4. Safeguarding, Jenny Harris and Richard Welbury
5. Pain and anxiety, Marie Therese Hosey, Liege Lourenco-Matharu and Graham Roberts
6. Local anaesthesia, Guy Jackson and John Meechan
7. Diagnosis and prevention, Chris Deery and Jack Toumba
8. Caries in pre-school child, Stephen Fayle and Pathanjali Kandiah
9. Operative treatment of dental caries in primary, Monty Duggal and Peter Day
10. Operative treatment of dental caries in young permanent, Jackie Smallridge and Sondos Albadri
11. Advanced restorative dentistry, Nicky Kilpatrick and Lucy Burbridge
12. Periodontal disease in children, Peter Heasman and Paula Waterhouse
13. Traumatic injuries to the teeth, Richard Welbury, Monty Duggal, John Whitworth and Simon Stone
14. Anomalies of tooth formation and eruption, Susan Parekh, Kathryn Harley, and Agnes Bloch-Zupan
15. The paedontic/orthodontic interface, Toby Gillgrass and Alex Keightley
16. Oral pathology and oral surgery, Alexander Crighton and John Meechan
17. Medical disability, Marie Therese Hosey and Richard Welbury
18. Childhood impairment and disability, June Nunn and Graeme Wright