Friday 6 August 2010

New Books August 2010

Books

All descriptions taken from book prefaces and book jackets.

Atlas of oral implantology, 3rd edition / by Pankaj P. Singh & A. Norman Cranin
Mosby Elsevier, c2010

"With more than 1500 illustrations, this edition covers key topics including diagnosis and planning, basic implant surgery, advanced implant surgery, implant prosthodontics, and implant management. Learn each step of the dental implant process, from evaluating patient suitability to maintenance and hygiene. You'll also learn to observe patients, diagnose incipient problems, institute remedial techniques for problems, and perform a wide variety of restorative modalities."

Clinician's endodontic handbook, 3rd edition / by Thom C. Dumsha & James L. Gutmann
Lexi-Comp, c2009

"[This book] serves as a fully-illustrated guide to current issues in endodontic therapy. The latest techniques, materials, and procedures are presented in a concise, easy-to-use format ideal for clinical settings. Designed to fill the voic between theory and practice, the Clinician's Endodontic Handbook is a must-have reference for all dental practitioners with an interest in the rapidly expanding field of endodontics."

Contemporary peridontal surgery: An illustrated guide to the art behind the science / by Geoffrey Bateman, Shuva Saha, & Iain L.C. Chapple
Quintessence, c2007
"This book aims to provide an evidence-based and highly illustrative approach to a comprehensive repertoire of surgical procedures, including: basic principles, resective surgery, regenerative techniques and periodontal/peri-implant plastic surgery. It emphasises the importance of case selection and microsurgical instrumentation. The distinction between periodontal and other forms of oral surgery are made, principally that in periodontal surgery, the contour and quality of the tissues post-operatively is vital to longer term success and therefore careful soft tissues management is pivotal."


Dentistry for the child and adolescent, 9th edition / by Jeffrey A. Dean, David R. Avery, et al.
Mosby Elsevier, c2011

"A leading text in pediatric dentistry, this complete reference provdies expert coverage of oral care for infants, children, and teenagers. All the latest diagnostic and treatment recommendations are included. Comprehensive discussions are provided on pediatric examination, development, morphology, eruption of the teeth, and dental caries."



Wiley-Blackwell, c2010.


Mosby Elsevier, c2010

"With special consideration for the concerns of today's dental office, this book's straightforward approach leads you through expanding your training and practice to ensure excellent care in every step of the dental implant process."





Implant laboratory procedures: A step-by-step guide / by Carl Drago & Thomas Peterson
Wiley-Blackwell, c2010

"[This book] provides its readers with a systematic and practical approach to the common dental laboratory procedures associated with implant restorative dentistry. Written with laboratory technicians and restorative dentists in mind, the book is organized by case type, taking common case scenarios and devoting a separate chapter to each one in turn, demonstrating each step of the laboratory procedures required for the implant restorations."


The official patient's sourcebook on Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome / by James N. Parker & Philip M. Parker
ICON Health, c2002

"Originally created for physicians and other healthcare providers, this Sourcebook has been revised and updated for non-professionals wishing to pursue self-directed research. To make advanced sources more accessible to a general audience, each chapter provides background information, glossaries, specific references and directory information."




PDQ endodontics, 2nd edition / by John I. Ingle
People's Medical Publishing, c2009

"[This book] provides a conversational atlas of endodontic therapy with thorough coverage of access, cleaning and shaping, and filling of the root canal system. In full color, pertinent information is supported by hundreds of figures, radiographs, and illustrations. By abridiging his major text, Dr. Ingle has provided readers with concise, understandable information to cover diagnosis and treatment of endodontics."



Radiology for the dental professional, 9th edition / by Herbert H. Frommer & Jeanine J. Stabulas-Savage
Mosby Elsevier, c2011

"A great introduction for students...A great reference for practicing dentists, dental hygienists, and dental assistants!"

 
 
 
 
Research writing in dentistry / by J. Anthony von Fraunhofer
Wiley-Blackwell, c2010
 
"This book provides readers with a uniquely practical guide to selecting, designing, and writing up a research project. Of particular use to both pre- and post-doctoral dental students, this is a no-nonsense guide that presents concrete advice and information that can be absorbed quickly and effectively. By asking simple questions, this useful book enables readers to develop, analyze and present a program of research work."
 
 
 
C.W. Daniel, c2000
 
s book has long been awaited by professionals - a complete, modern, practical and usable book on the application of homeopathy to oral medicine, general history and oral surgery...The first and lesser part of the book is a basic introduction to the principles of homoeopathy. The second and greater part is in encyclopaedic form, being a combined therapeutic index of orofacial disease and materia medica of virtually all the therapeutic substances mentioned in the text."
 
Thesis
 
Thesis (M.Sc.)—University of Toronto, 2010.