Comprehensive Preventive Dentistry

Herausgeber: Limeback, Hardy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Comprehensive Preventive Dentistry provides one user-friendly resource that brings together information on the scientific basis and clinical practice of all aspects of preventive dentistry. This thorough and all-encompassing resource offers techniques and strategies for maintaining excellent oral health in patients through a regimen of preventive measures. Comprehensive Preventive Dentistry is grounded in a patient-centered, pre-emptive, and minimally invasive philosophy. The book begins by covering individual diseases, such as caries, periodontitis, and oral cancer, as well as therapies (sealants, fluoride) and other relevant conditions (toothwear, hypersensitivity). Additionally, concepts such as the role of diet and nutrition in oral health are discussed. Also covered are oral care products and new technological developments in caries diagnosis and risk assessment, periodontal disease and oral cancer, as well as new developments in home care products. A valuable and comprehensive companion that will appeal to dentists and dental hygienists, this helpful new book provides its readers with one authoritative resource that offers a reliable and helpful companion to practicing preventive dentistry. Key features: * Comprehensive resource on all aspects of preventive dentistry * Thorough discussion of common oral diseases, such as caries, periodontitis and oral cancer * Broad-based approach covers other aspects of preventive practice, such as sports dentistry, and the role of diet & nutrition * Brings together expert opinion from a variety of contributors

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 274mm x 218mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 1134g
• ISBN-13: 9780813821689
• ISBN-10: 0813821681
• Artikelnr.: 35054291

Autorenporträt

Hardy Limeback BSc, PhD, DDS is Head and Professor of Preventive Dentistry within the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors vi
Preface viii
Acknowledgments x
1. A brief introduction to oral diseases: caries, periodontal disease, and
oral cancer 1
Hardy Limeback, Jim Yuan Lai, Grace Bradley, and Colin Robinson
2. Caries detection and diagnosis 25
Iain A. Pretty
3. Diagnosis of periodontal diseases 43
Jim Yuan Lai
4. Oral cancer 61
Grace Bradley and Iona Leong
5. Evidence-based dentistry 81
Amir Azarpazhooh, David Locker, and Prakeshkumar S. Shah
6. The role of diet in the prevention of dental diseases 99
Paula Moynihan
7. Probiotics and dental caries risk 115
Eva Söderling
8. Mechanical plaque removal 119
Shirley Gutkowski
9. The role of sugar alcohols, xylitol, and chewing gum in preventing
dental diseases 146
Peter Milgrom and Kiet A. Ly
10. Preventing dental disease with chlorhexidine 159
Hardy Limeback and Ross Perry
11. Ozone in the prevention of dental diseases 180
Hardy Limeback and Amir Azarpazhooh
12. Protection of the dentition 195
Hardy Limeback
13. Tooth erosion 211
W. Peter Holbrook
14. The etiology, diagnosis, and management of dentin hypersensitivity 218
Hardy Limeback
15. Caries risk assessment 233
Ferne Kraglund and Hardy Limeback
16. Fluoride therapy 251
Hardy Limeback and Colin Robinson
17. Dental sealants 283
Hien Ngo and W. Kim Seow
18. Strategies for remineralization 298
Laurence J. Walsh
19. Oral health promotion in infants and preschool age children 313
Gajanan Vishwanath (Kiran) Kulkarni
20. High-risk patients: the frail older adult living in long-term care
homes 330
Mary-Lou van der Horst and Donna Bowes
21. The effective preventive dental team 358
Ann-Marie C. DePalma and Shirley Gutkowski
22. The independent dental hygienist 377
Fran Richardson
Index 388