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A Clinical Guide to Dental Traumatology
This practical, highly illustrated book describes the treatment and management of commonly encountered traumatic injuries to the teeth. It relates these types of trauma to crown fractures, root fractures, luxation injuries and exarticulations. A step-by-step reference, this book also discusses complications that may involve surrounding soft and hard tissues, plus those that may arise in managing medically compromised patients.
Key Features
Hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations show concepts and depict case studies and treatment outcomes.
Step-by-step descriptions of treatment plans offer recipes for treating patients according to type of injury.
For each type of traumatic injury, youll learn these key steps:
How to perform a correct initial assessment of the problem.
How to determine whether the patient suffers any related problems.
How to record the injury and its subsequent treatment in the patient record.
How to avoid future problems by ensuring that the entire tooth is treated, including any hidden injury to the pulp or dentin.
Information on aetiology and epidemiology of problems promotes more effective treatment of specific injuries and conditions.
The Law and Dental Trauma chapter explains legal issues unique to treating dental injuries under emergency conditions.
Psychological Impact of Injuries chapter describes the reactions that trauma patients may have, and how dentists can improve treatment by providing the patient with emotional support and holistic management.
Chapters on hard-tissue injuries focus on injuries to tooth/hard tissue anatomy (with one chapter examining soft tissue management), discussing types of trauma and their effects on surrounding oral tissues.
Hundreds of references are listed alphabetically at the end of each chapter, with research studies and current articles for further research.
An interdisciplinary approach includes periodontal, endodontic, and paediatric considerations for specific types of injuries.
| Author: |
Drs Louis H. Berman, Lucia Blanco and Stephen Cohen |
| ISBN: |
9780323040396 |
| Publisher: |
Mosby |
| Binding: |
Hardcover |
| No. of Pages: |
256 |
| Illustrations: |
603 |
| About The Author: |
| Louis H. Berman, DDS; Diplomate, American Board of Endodontics, Annapolis Endodontics, Annapolis, MD, USA Lucia Blanco, Endodontist, DDS, Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, University John F. Kennedy, Argentina; President, Committee of Dental Trauma for the Argentine Society of Medicine and Trauma Surgery Stephen Cohen, MA, DDS, FICD, FACD, California; Diplomate, American Board of Endodontics, Clinical Professor of Endodontics, University of California School of Dentistry; Clinical Professor (Adjunct), Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA |
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