Paediatric Cariology
Teeth are important to children, particularly primary teeth. What can be done in the dental surgery to prevent disease? Moreover, the anatomy of primary teeth results in pulpal change faster. Fortunat
- Edition: 1st Edition 2005
- Type: Book - Hardcover
- Pages: 152
- Illus: 169
- SKU: 978-1-85097-073-6
$25.00 ex GST
Teeth are important to children, particularly primary teeth. What can be done in the dental surgery to prevent disease? Moreover, the anatomy of primary teeth results in pulpal change faster. Fortunately, restorative techniques are simpler. This book unravels the modern theories of cariology and provides simple step-by-step guides to restoration.
Contents
Chapter 1. Paediatric Cariology: Management and Myth
Chapter 2. Diagnosis of Dental Caries
Chapter 3. Treatment Planning and Managing Toothache
Chapter 4. The Caries Prevention Tool Kit and How to Use It
Chapter 5. Intracoronal Restorations for Posterior Primary Teeth
Chapter 6. Preformed Crowns Are Easy
Chapter 7. Pulp Therapy in the Primary Dentition
Chapter 8. Avoiding Extraction of Carious Anterior Primary Teeth
Chapter 9. How to Cheat at Dental Dam
Index
Author
Marie Thérèse Hosey
Marie Thérèse Hosey is Head of Paediatric Dentistry at King’s College London and Honorary Consultant at King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London. She qualified from the University of Glasgow in 1985 and subsequently completed her MSc (1991) and DDS (1997) postgraduate degrees there. She read Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Glasgow before joining King’s College London in 2008. Her research interests are the pharmacological and behavioural management of anxious children, especially those who require general anaesthesia, as well as children with clefts. She has received research funding, mainly for clinical trials, from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Scottish Chief Scientist Office.
