Clinical Problem Solving in Dentistry

✍ Scribed by Edward W Odell FDSRCS MSc PhD FRCPath

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 133
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is designed to explain to dental students the processes of diagnosis and treatment planning, through consideration of clinical cases and problems associated with aspects of all dental specialties. It presents a series of case histories from all the major areas of dentistry, and uses a question-and-answer format to guide readers through the process of examination, differential diagnosis, investigations, diagnosis and treatment. It prepares readers for the wide variety of problems likely to be encountered in clinical practice.56 cases in clinical dentistry are presented in a practical, problem-based approach, leading the reader toward the correct diagnosis and treatment plan.Treatment alternatives are explored and evaluated in terms of their advantages and disadvantages.Material from all the dental specialties is integrated in the cases presented, in order to cover the full range of real-world clinical problems.Color illustrations throughout bring the cases to life and clarify important concepts.All cases from the first edition have been updated, and 13 new cases have been added to this edition.Additional information is provided on behavioral management of nervous or difficult patients.More content on pediatric dentistry has been added.

✦ Table of Contents

Clinical Problem Solving in Dentistry, 2nd Edition - Cover......Page 1
1.A high caries rate
......Page 2
2.A multilocular
radiolucency......Page 6
3.An unpleasant
surprise......Page 9
4.Gingival recession......Page 12
5.A missing incisor......Page 15
6.A dry mouth......Page 19
7.Painful trismus......Page 21
8.A lump on the gingiva......Page 24
9.Pain on biting......Page 26
10.A defective denture base......Page 27
12.A difficult child......Page 29
13.Pain after extraction......Page 30
14.A loose tooth......Page 31
15.Oroantral fistula......Page 32
16.Troublesome mouth ulcers......Page 37
17.A lump in the neck......Page 38
18.Trauma to an immature incisor......Page 40
19.Hypoglycaemia......Page 43
21.Impacted lower third mollars......Page 44
22.A phone call from school......Page 46
23.Discoloured anterior teeth......Page 48
24.A very painful mouth......Page 50
25.Caution_X-Rays......Page 51
26.Ouch!......Page 53
27.A swollen face and pericoronitis......Page 55
28.First permanent molars......Page 57
29.A sore mouth......Page 60
30.A failed bridge......Page 63
32.Advanced periodontics......Page 65
33.Fractured incisors......Page 67
35.A blister on the cheek......Page 71
36.Bridge design......Page 74
37.Management of anticoagulation......Page 76
38.A white patch on the tongue......Page 77
39.Another white patch on the tongue......Page 79
40.Molar endodontic treatment......Page 81
41.A swollen face......Page 84
42.Missing upper lateral incisors......Page 87
43.Anterior crossbite......Page 91
44.Unexpected findings......Page 94
45.A gap between the front teeth......Page 98
46.A lump in the palate......Page 103
47.Rapid breakdown of first permanent molars......Page 106
48.Oral cancer......Page 109
49.A complicated extraction......Page 112
50.Difficulty in opening the mouth......Page 113
51.Tooth wear......Page 115
52.Worn front teeth......Page 116
53.A case of toothache......Page 119
54.A child with a swollen face......Page 121
55.A pain in the neck......Page 124
56.Failed endodontic treatment......Page 130
Back Cover......Page 133