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The Quintessentials for General Dental Practitioners series, written by a team of distinguished UK dentists headed by Professor Nairn Wilson, distils current best practice into uthoritative and readable handbooks. Each volume covers basic principles and key issues and the series builds into an unrivalled library of evidence-based dental medicine.

The 9 topics covered are: Endodontics; General Dentistry/Practice Management; Imaging; Implantology; Operative Dentistry; Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine; Paediatric Dentistry/Orthodontics; Periodontology; Prosthodontics.

“Essential information for everyday clinical practice, presented in a succinct, well-illustrated, easy-to-read
style for all members of the dental team - ideal for both the st
udent and the busy practitioner.”
Nairn H. F. Wilson, Editor-in-Chief



Understanding Periodontal Diseases:
Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures in Practice
I. L. C. Chapple and A. D. Gilbert
1 A Whistle-stop Tour of the Periodontium
2. How Does Plaque Cause Disease?
3. The Role of the Host Response
4. Risk Assessment
5. Natural History and Clinical Signs of Periodontal Disease
6. Classification of Periodontal Diseases
7. The Initial Consultation - Screening Examination
8. The Detailed Clinical Periodontal Examination
9. Radiographic Examination and Special Tests
10. Periodontal Diagnosis and Prognosis
ISBN 1-85097-053-X; £28


Rational Root Canal Treatment in Practice
J. M. Whitworth
1. Fundamentals of Endodontic Disease
2. Endodontic Symptomology and Immediate Management
3. Preparing for Definitive Treatment
4. Entering the Canal System
5. Entering “Calcified” Systems
6. Creating the Conditions for Periapical Health
7. Preserving the Healing Environment
8. Success and Failure
ISBN 1-85097-055-6; £28


Teeth for Life for Older Adults
P. F. Allen
1. The Edentulous State
2. Changing Times: The Dentate Elderly
3. Threats to Oral Health in Older Adults
4. Ageing and Periodontal Disease
5. Root Caries: Aetiology, Diagnosis and Management
6. Tooth Wear in Older Adults
7. Endodontics and the Older Adult
8. Functionally Oriented Treatment Planning
9. Tooth Replacement for Partially Dentate Older Adults
10. Overdentures: The Bottom Line for Older Adults?
ISBN 1-85097-056-4; £28

The Business of Dentistry
R. Rattan and G. Manolescue
1. What Business Are We In?
2. Success Factors
3. Patient-centred Care
4. Perception is Reality
5. Marketing
6. The Basic Principles of Finance
7. Fee-setting
8. Understanding Your Accounts
9. Investment and Protections
ISBN 1-85097-058-0; £28

Interpreting Dental Radiographs
K. Horner, P. G. J. Rout and V. E. Rushton
1. Basic Principles
2. Normal Anatomy
3. Dental Caries
4. Radiology of the Periodontal Tissues
5. Periapical and Bone Inflammation
6. Anomalies of Teeth
7. Trauma to the Teeth and Jaws
8. Assessment of Roots and Unerupted Teeth
9. Radiolucencies in the Jaws
10. Mixed Density and Radiopaque Lesions
ISBN 1-85097-052-1; £28


Practical Dental Local Anaesthesia
J. G. Meechan
1. Basic Pharmacology and Anatomy: A Whistle-stop Tour
2. Instrumentation
3. Local Anaesthetic Drugs
4. Techniques for Maxillary Anaesthesia
5. Techniques for Mandibular Anaesthesia
6. Supplementary Techniques
7. Safety
8. Trouble-shooting
9. Painless Local Anaesthesia: Is It Possible?
ISBN 1-85097-051-3; £28


Decision-Making in Operative Dentistry
P. A. Brunton
1. Clinical Diagnosis of Dental Caries
2. Caries Risk Assessment and Criteria for Intervention
3. Preservative Operative Intervention
4. Material Considerations
5. Pulp Protection Regimes
6. Minimising the Effects of Further Operative Intervention
7. Notes on the Aetiology and Operative Management
of Non-carious Tooth Tissue Loss
ISBN 1-85097-057-2; £28

The Business of Dentistry
R. Rattan and G. Manolescue
1. What Business Are We In?
2. Success Factors
3. Patient-centred Care
4. Perception is Reality
5. Marketing
6. The Basic Principles of Finance
7. Fee-setting
8. Understanding Your Accounts
9. Investment and Protections
ISBN 1-85097-058-0; £28

Interpreting Dental Radiographs
K. Horner, P. G. J. Rout and V. E. Rushton
1. Basic Principles
2. Normal Anatomy
3. Dental Caries
4. Radiology of the Periodontal Tissues
5. Periapical and Bone Inflammation
6. Anomalies of Teeth
7. Trauma to the Teeth and Jaws
8. Assessment of Roots and Unerupted Teeth
9. Radiolucencies in the Jaws
10. Mixed Density and Radiopaque Lesions
ISBN 1-85097-052-1; £28

Practical Dental Local Anaesthesia
J. G. Meechan
1. Basic Pharmacology and Anatomy: A Whistle-stop Tour
2. Instrumentation
3. Lo
cal Anaesthetic Drugs
4. Techniques for Maxillary Anaesthesia
5. Techniques for Mandibular Anaesthesia
6. Supplementary Techniques
7. Safety
8. Trouble-shooting
9. Painless Local Anaesthesia: Is It Possible?
ISBN 1-85097-051-3; £28

Decision-Making in Operative Dentistry
P. A. Brunton
1. Clinical Diagnosis of Dental Caries
2. Caries Risk Assessment and Criteria for Intervention
3. Preservative Operative Intervention
4. Material Considerations
5. Pulp Protection Regimes
6. Minimising the Effects of Further Operative Intervention
7. Notes on the Aetiology and Operative Management
of Non-carious Tooth Tissue Loss
ISBN 1-85097-057-2; £28