Paediatric Dentistry

by Welbury, Richard R.

• ISBN13: 9780192631862
• ISBN10: 0192631861
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-14
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Second Edition of this comprehensive, full-colour text is supplemented by over 350 high-quality colour illustrations ensuring that Paediatric Dentistry is an essential textbook for both theroretical knowledge and the practice of clinical paediatric dentistry. This user- friendly,accessible new edition includes contributions from a number of dental schools and practitioners using an approach which reflects modern trends within the specialty. All chapters such as physical growth and orofacial development; clinical and radiographic examination; local analgesia; management ofpain and anxiety and many more have been fully updated and a new chapter on the treatment of caries in the pre-school child has been included. Extensive use of bullet lists, key learning points, advice on further reading as well as space for the reader to make notes, complement the user-friendlytext design to ensure that key information can be quickly absorbed. The new edition will continue to be an invaluable text for every undergraduate dental student and represents an ideal reference point for further in- depth reading for the specialist practitioner. Reviews 'This book is easy toread and attractively presented, notable for high-quality illustrations and an approach which reflects modern trends within the specialty. Although primarily intended for the undergraduate, the book far from superficial. It contains a great deal of information...' International Journal ofPaediatric Dentistry, 1998; 8: 83-90

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Preface to the first edition	viii
Preface to the second edition	ix
Acknowledgements	x
Craniofacial growth and development	1	(16)
P. H. Gordon
Introduction to the dental surgery	17	(20)
A. S. Blinkhorn
History, examination and treatment planning	37	(14)
N. M. Kilpatrick
Management of pain and anxiety	51	(24)
G. J. Roberts
Local anaesthesia for children	75	(18)
J. G. Meechan
Dental caries	93	(22)
A. J. Rugg-Gunn
Treatment of dental caries in the preschool child	115	(18)
S. A. Fayle
Operative treatment of dental caries	133	(24)
J. Page
R. R. Welbury
Paediatric endodontics	157	(32)
J. M. Whitworth
J. H. Nunn
Advanced restorative dentistry	189	(28)
N. M. Kilpatrick
R. R. Welbury
Periodontal diseases in children	217	(24)
P. A. Heasman
J. J. Murray
Traumatic injuries to the teeth	241	(30)
R. R. Welbury
Anomalies of tooth formation and eruption	271	(28)
G. B. Winter
The paedodontic/orthodontic interface	299	(38)
N. E. Carter
Oral pathology and oral surgery	337	(32)
J. G. Meechan
Medically compromised children	369	(22)
L. Shaw
Childhood disability	391	(22)
J. H. Nunn
Abbreviations	413	(2)
Index	415