Paediatric Dentistry

Paediatric Dentistry, Fourth Edition combines in-depth theoretical information and practical clinical skills to produce a highly relevant resource for undergraduate dentistry students and indeed any clinician in the field. With a user-friendly design, this new edition continues the extensive use of key points, advice on further reading and directions to important evidence. As a result this text acts as both an essential study tool and a quick reference guide for the surgery. Paediatric Dentistry contains a comprehensive survey of every important aspect in the field, including oral pathology, prevention and treatment of dental caries, and restorative dentistry. This classic book now offers over 550 illustrations, including clinical photographs and information-packed diagrams. Explanations of key clinical procedures are supported by step-by-step illustrations encorporating photographs, x-ray scans and line drawings. Updated throughout, a new chapter on safeguarding children has also been included in order to prepare the reader for the role they might play in protecting the health and wellbeing of vulnerable children. This reflects the child-centred approach that is integrated throughout the text.1. Craniofacial growth and development ; 2. Introduction to the dental surgery ; 3. Risk assessment, examination and treatment planning ; 4. Management of pain and anxiety ; 5. Local anathesia for children ; 6. Diagnosis and prevention of dental caries ; 7. Treatment of dental caries in the pre-school child ; 8. Operative management of dental caries in the primary dentation ; 9. Operative treatment of caries in the young permanent dentation ; 10. Advanced restorative dentistry ; 11. Periodontal disease in children ; 12. Traumatic injuries to the teeth ; 13. Anomalies of tooth formation and eruption ; 14. The paedodontic/orthodontic interface ; 15. Oral pathology and oral surgery ; 16. Medical disability ; 17. Childhood disability ; 18. Safeguarding children