Paediatric Dentistry 3e

The third edition of this comprehensive text is supplemented by over 350 high-quality colour illustrations ensuring that "Paediatric Dentistry" is an essential textbook for both theoretical knowledge and the practice of clinical paediatric dentistry. This user-friendly, accessible new edition includes contributions from a number of new dental schools and practitioners using an approach which reflects modern trends within the specialty. Extensive use of bullet lists, key learning points, advice on further reading as well as space for the reader to make notes ensures that key information can be quickly absorbed. The inclusion of two new editors and several new contributors ensures that the third edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. The restorative section has been remodelled. There are now separate chapters on the operative care of the primary and permanent dentitions and coverage of endodontics has now been incorporated into these chapters. There is increased coverage of risk assessment and treatment planning; and recent developments in caries diagnosis and fluoride delivery systems are included. 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. This is a thorough examination of paediatric dentistry and will prove useful for all students and practitioners who treat children. Doody's Journal1. Craniofacial growth and development; 2. Introduction to the dental surgery; 3. History, examination, risk assessment and treatment planning; 4. Management of pain and anxiety; 5. Local anaesthesia for children; 6. Diagnosis and prevention of dental caries; 7. Treatment of dental caries in the pre-school child; 8. Operative treatment of dental caries in the primary dentition; 9. Operative treatment of dental caries in the young permanent dentition; 10. Advanced restorative dentistry; 11. Periodontal disease in children; 12. Traumatic injuries to the teeth; 13. Anomalies of tooth formation and eruption; 14. The paedo/orthodontic interface; 15. Oral pathology and oral surgery; 16. Medical disability; 17. Childhood disability