
Handbook of Pediatric Dentistry E-Book
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Handbook of Pediatric Dentistry E-Book
About this book
Based on the understanding that oral health is an important social determinant of health, the latest edition of this internationally recognised handbook equips the reader with necessary skills and knowledge to provide truly integrative patient care.
The text goes beyond the technical skills needed to treat children's dental disorders. It covers assessment of a child's health and development, their oral health, the newest clinical interventions, and concepts of dental disease initiation and progression. It guides the reader through the management and communication skills needed to deal with children, and how to support their overall health behaviours.
Written by renowned authors Angus Cameron and Richard P Widmer, this text is an essential companion for all practitioners who treat children, including undergraduate dental students, general dental practitioners, specialist pediatric dentists, orthodontists and pediatricians.
- Emphasis on growth and development to support readers in their important role as pediatric oral physicians.
- Fully reviewed and rewritten to provide the latest thinking on dental caries, restorative pediatric dentistry, children with special needs, oral medicine, trauma, and dental anomalies.
- Readily accessible and written in a friendly 'how to' manner for use chairside.
- Full colour illustrations throughout.
- ''Clinical Hints' boxes to act as useful aide-mémoires.
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Table of contents
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors to previous editions
- Chapter 1 The philosophy of paediatric dentistry: What is paediatric dentistry?
- Chapter 2 Child development, relationships and behaviour management
- Chapter 3 Pharmacological behaviour management
- Chapter 4 Dental caries
- Chapter 5 Fluoride and dental health
- Chapter 6 Restorative paediatric dentistry
- Chapter 7 Pulp therapy for primary and immature permanent teeth
- Chapter 8 Clinical and surgical techniques
- Chapter 9 Trauma management
- Chapter 10 Paediatric oral medicine, oral pathology and radiology
- Chapter 11 Dental anomalies
- Chapter 12 Management of medically compromised paediatric patients
- Chapter 13 Children with special needs
- Chapter 14 Management of cleft lip and palate
- Chapter 15 Speech, language and swallowing
- Appendix A Blood and serum testing and investigations
- Appendix B Paediatric life support
- Appendix C Management of anaphylaxis
- Appendix D Management of acute asthma
- Appendix E Fluid and electrolyte balance
- Appendix F Antibiotic prophylaxis protocols for the prevention of infective endocarditis
- Appendix G Glasgow Coma Scale
- Appendix H Common drug usage in paediatric dentistry
- Appendix I Radiography in children
- Appendix J Ethics in paediatric dentistry
- Appendix K Somatic growth and maturity
- Appendix L Growth charts
- Appendix M Eruption dates of teeth
- Appendix N Construction of family pedigree
- Appendix O Calculating fluoride values for dental products
- Appendix P COVID-19 and paediatric dentistry
- Index