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Use your knowledge of pharmacology to enhance oral care! Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Dentistry, 6th Edition describes how to evaluate a patient's health and optimize dental treatment by factoring in the drugs they take. It explores the basic fundamentals of pharmacology, special topics such as pain control, fear and anxiety, and oral complications of cancer therapy, and most importantly, the actions of specific drug groups on the human body. Whether you're concerned about the drugs a patient is already taking or the drugs you prescribe for treatment, this book helps you reduce risk and provide effective dental care.

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One of the most successful textbooks in pediatric dentistry, this expert resource provides superior, comprehensive coverage of oral care for infants, children, teenagers, and medically compromised individuals. Thoroughly revised material offers the most up-to-date diagnostic and treatment recommendations based on current research, literature, and clinical experience. Now in its 8th edition, this classic text continues to offer in-depth coverage of all areas relevant to the contemporary science and practice of pediatric dentistry.

• Discussions of theories related to molecular biology of the eruption of teeth explain problems related to dental eruption and insight into future methods for their resolution.
• Incorporates the American Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Association guidelines for the most recent advances in treatment of cleft lip and palate.
• Follows academy-approved guidelines for the use of anesthetics in the treatment of the child patient as well as outpatient vs. in-patient procedures.
• Provides an overview of practice management including patient scheduling, insurance, and third party plans.
• Includes dentists' guide for documenting and reporting child abuse and neglect.
• Provides valuable information on cavity varnish, mercury toxicity, and glass ionomer cements.
• Provides indications for the use of implants to replace teeth (congenitally missing or lost as a result of trauma) in pediatric patients.

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Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent
This has been a great resource for our dentist. She has found it to be very helpful.

The Pediatric Dental Bible, Gets Better With Each Edition
I have all the editions of this textbook. The authors continue to update all areas of pediatric dentistry. Since the speciality of pediatric dentistry is one of primary care, the dentist must continue to be current in all the areas of dental treatment for the child.The chapters in this textbook are well written and cover a multitude of subjects. The dentist who uses it as a reference will be well informed.

Recommended by the Medical Library Association.
Recommended in "A Basic List of Recommended Books and Journals for Support of Clinical Dentistry in a Nondental Library" in Bulletin Of the Medical Library Association, July 1997. ... Read more

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American Veterinary Dental College, San Carlos, CA. Text for the registered veterinary technician. Comprehensive and well-organized. Based on a course at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California. Includes halftone illustrations, treatment codes, worksheets, and key points. Trim size: 9 x 7.5 inches. Softcover. ... Read more

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Satisfied
This text was required for a course I am taking in Veterinary Denistry taught by the author himself.The text is very informative.The only suggestion I would make is having some of the photos in color for better clarity.

Great learning information!!!
I have been around the dental field for a while and this book shows so much more than I had expected. It is detailed in so many ways with great pictures to show you what it really looks like in life.
A great sell and attribute for the dental field!!!

User friendly with good illustrations.
Very user friendly book, easy to understand, with good illustrations.

Wonderful
If you have a special interest in vet. dentistry, then this book is for you (if you are and assistant or RVT).This is a wonderful guide into the mouth of animals and I would highly recommend it to any RVT/assistant with this as their main interest.Very comprehensive and easy to understand but at the same time goes into extreem detail. I love this book! ... Read more

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The new edition of a highly successful book, this text covers both general and oral microbiology, concentrating on areas of direct relevance to clinical dentistry. It offers information on systemic infections that patients may have, plus more specific information on oral infections that may cause caries or periodontal disease. In-depth coverage includes immunology, infection control, and a glossary of immunological and bacteriological terms.

• Comprehensive but concise coverage of general microbiology, immunology, microbes and infections of relevance to dentistry, oral microbiology, and cross-infection and control.
• Careful integration of clinical dentistry throughout, bringing the subject alive for the dental student and facilitating the new problem-based learning curricula used in many dental schools.
• Covers both general and oral microbiology in one book.
• Key Fact boxes, tables, colour illustrations, and concise text make the book easy to use and learn from.

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This dynamic multi-contributor book illustrates important esthetic and restorative dental procedures as they are used in everyday clinical situations. It is designed to explain how a selected material and/or instrument can be used as part of a thorough protocol to achieve restorative excellence. With the scientific knowledge and clinical and laboratory expertise of an elect international editorial team, this book encompasses many facets of dentistry including biomaterials, dental technology, operative dentistry, prosthodontics, orthodontics, periodontics, and implant dentistry. Each chapter is divided into two parts. The first part consists of the latest evidence-based clinical concepts and biomaterials information related to the topic. The second section provides step-by-step high-quality illustration of the associated clinical procedures. The detailed photographic description of restorative and surgical procedures will ensure proper decision making and enhanced technique. Clinicians, technicians, and auxiliary staff will discover ways to make improvements in their work, maximize their productivity, and provide improved oral health to their patients. ... Read more

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Positive answers to nearly 100 of the most common and difficult questions dental patients ask. Softcover. DNLM: Dentist-Patient Relations. ... Read more

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great for all team members even docs
I loved this book so much that I ordered 4 more for my staff.Great for the learners in the dental business as well as seasoned team members.

Tough Quesitons, Great Answers
This is a phenomenal how to book. The scripts are well thought out and well written.
Front desk staff, assistants and doctors can learn a great deal in how to effectively communicate the many problems that can arise in a dental office.
Scripts can be reviewed as problems arise.
Very well organized and easy to understand, I recommend it highly for books ofthis type.
For the price, it is an incredible bargain!

great book, great seller
This book provides many ways to help build trust & confidence in patient relationships. Highly recommended!

Very Good Answers to Hard-hitting Questions
I have been a dental hygienist now for two years, and was still a little thrown back when patients hit me with questions that I just wasn't postive I knew the answer to.Ones such as:"Why does dental treatment cost so much?" or "Are you any good?" And the toughest question of all to answer, "Do you treat patients with AIDS?" These rough questions often left me fumbling to come up with a well thought out, yet correct answer.That was until I read Robin Wright's book.This book helped me to be more comfortable answering the not so easy questions that come up when I am conversing with patients, and even helped me to communicate better with the office staff as well.Because I am able to answer these questions more effectively due to this book, it has helped me to develop a better rapport with my patients, and has built up their trust in me as a dental health care provider. Reading this book has taught me to really become a better listener in general, and to understand my patients questions and concerns.Until I read this book, I never really knew how rewarding being a dental health care provider could be, because I was always nervous about saying the "right" thing.Now I am more confident in myself, and in turn I feel that my patients are more confident in me as well.

Great Answers for Tough Questions
Ever had a patient spring one of those really complicated questions at you--usually in a voice loud enough so that the entire waiting room can hear?Something like, "I see you all wear gloves now.Is one of youSICK? "This book not only helps you respond to many of the mostfrequently asked and toughest questions, but helps give you confidence inresponding to your patients,whatever the question. ... Read more

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The Roots of Disease: Connecting Dentistry and Medicine represents the collaborative efforts of a dental surgeon, Dr. Robert Kulacz, and a cardiologist, Dr. Thomas Levy. For almost a decade now, these two health care professionals have had the opportunity ... Read more

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Public Health Crisis
All root canal-treated teeth are toxic, says the author. There are no exceptions. There will probably never be an effective way to disinfect dentin tubules. Extraction is the only remedy, plussurgical debridement of the socket to remove all infected bone. Otherwise,jaw cavitation--gangrene of the jaw--may occur. Shocking? Yes, of course, but facts must be faced. Cavitations are common, says the author, and very toxic.Panoramic X-rays can sometimes find them, but cannot rule them out.Ultrasound can find them better.

The author once did dental implants, but now warns against them. They can cause serious problems, however well done. Better to avoid them entirely. Although titanium is relatively bio-compatible, it requires alloys that might not be.

This book is technical, but understandable to intelligent lay readers. It is must reading for any dentist tired of saving the tooth but losing the patient. Dental toxicityis a public health crisis and the dental establishment needs to get with the program or get out of the way. Enough of unnecessary suffering!

Correlation is not causality
Yes, there is a CORRELATION between periodontal and cardiac disease.That doesn't mean that one causes the other.Does eating ice cream make people wear shorts?Because when people are eating ice cream, they also tend to be wearing shorts more often.Or could it be that there's some THIRD FACTOR that causes both????Could it just be that, now I'm about to suggest something radical, but could it be that people who tend to neglect their health tend to have both periodontal and cardiac disease, and THAT's why they correlate?Think about.Don't go making stupid assumptions.Correlation is not causality.

Who would of guessed?
Who would have ever guessed that dental disease could have such a signifigant part in so many illnesses? For far to long denistry and the rest of medicine have been totally seperate fields. What is going on in your mouth is seen as having little relavance to the disease conditions going on the in the rest of the body. For to long dental school training has focused on saving your teeth at any cost.

"The Roots of Disease: Connecting Denistry andMedicine" was written by two men. One of these men is a dentist and the other a cadiologist. For over a decade these two health care professionals have witnessed that the removal and complete healing of infected dental sites can often result in the total healing (or at least vast improvement) of other diseases in the body.

Have you ever been told that root canals harbor bacteria that infect the rest of your body causing diseae? That this is also true of sites where wisdom teeth have been improperly removed? I wasn't able to regain my health until my dental issues were dealt with. I no longer have a stressed out immune system and the constant candida albicans that this reulted in.

This well written, thorough look at the health problems affeted by oral infection is a must read for anyone interested in obtaining optimal health.

Breaking with dentistry's omerta
Tom Levy graduated from Johns Hopkins University, studied and taught medicine at Tulane, and then, to paraphrase his words, actually began to think about what he was doing.

Most people do not understand that there are hardly any fields of medicine in which the best in the field don't believe things could be done a lot better, but run into institutional resistance which they can't overcome.Nor is this phenomenon limited to medicine.

In this book, written together with Dr. Kulacz, a former instructor at NYU, they critique dentistry, and expose how antiquated and indeed antediluvian practices CAN cause much sickness.Not every root canal causes harm, but not every apparently healthy root canal is harmless.This is nothing new; it was known in Germany more than 40 years ago.When I brought this book to the attention of my dentist, a great dentist in his own right, he was very grateful for the ideas in it, and agreed that Levy and Kulacz's contention that painkillers that contain noradrenalin retard wound healing, and that you have to manually curette (scrape) out the mess under bad root canals made absolute sense.(Using a drill produces sufficient heat to kill more bone, which results in more rot.)

That these claims are controversial is self-evident, and either suggests that they are wrong or that others do wish to acknowledge their findings.To my mind, Drs. Levy and Kulacz are every bit as much heros as the men on the first wave onto the Normandy Beaches on D-Day.

Anyone with an inordinate interest in critiques of dental science - small crowd that we may be - does well to purchase this book.

Thank God for this book!
Thank God for this book and Dr.Kulacz! A M.D. from the Cleveland Clinic told me about Dr.Kulacz and this book. When reading this book about some of the other patients I thought I was reading about myself. This book is as truthful as it gets about root canals , dental materials and proper procedures about extractions. This book is a must read for the people that suspect that their teeth may be one of the culprits to their health issues. Of course after reading this book I would think most sensible people would not take drastic action as to extract their own teeth ,as one person posted. I would love to stand outside of every dentist office and pass out this book to patients that are about to get a root canal. This book opens your eyes to the other side of root canals that your dentist will not tell you before the procedure. By the way your natural teeth are not better if they are giving you pain and lowering your immune system. You must read this book if you are searching for the truth about your teeth problems. Dr.Kulacz has integrity and morals which is what you would expect from any doctor. If I could I would rate this book higher than a five. ... Read more

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Dentistry's changing and so is practice management. This book is a home run for the transition from a solo managerial style to the total team concept. A must-read for the dentists and staff who wish to make it to the top two percent in their career field. Don't miss out on the practice management principles that guide this exciting journey day to day. ... Read more

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Excellent reading. Very practical
The book is packed with practical information and hints on efficient running of a dental practice. I read the book in two days, not because it lacks substance but because it is riveting for any dental practitioner or staff wishing to improve patient service or striving for efficiency. I would have liked to see more on case presentation, and specific technics which aid in case acceptance but perhaps that was not the scope of this book. ... Read more

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The second edition of Pediatric Dentistry: A Clinical Approach offers a fully revised and updated review of pediatric dentistry. This important text covers the full spectrum of the subject, basing itself in the clinical practice of the dental treatment of children and adolescents and providing a special emphasis on evidence-based oral health care for young people. Pediatric Dentistry provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of treatment for children, ranging from health promotion and prevention to strategies for systematic and comprehensive oral care.

Pediatric Dentistry: A Clinical Approach follows a logical approach, covering major dental and oral diseases and their diagnosis and management in children and adolescents, including caries, periodontal and endodontic conditions, and TMJ disorders. The book also discusses a number of dental and oral conditions that relate more directly to childhood, such as dental erosion, traumatic injuries to the teeth, pain control, and treatment of physically and mentally disabled children. Topics such as dental, physical, intellectual and emotional development are also thoroughly reviewed.

Pediatric Dentistry will provide students of dentistry, as well as pediatric dentists and dentists involved in the treatment of young patients, with a uniquely clear, comprehensive, and clinical approach to the dental treatment of children and adolescents. ... Read more

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Paediatric Dentistry textbook
A great, detailed and precise textbook written by well known academics in the field of Paediatric Dentistry ... Read more

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This text offers an authoritative account of general medical and surgical conditions as they apply to the practice of dentistry and oral healthcare. Now established as the standard reference on the subject, Medical Problems in Dentistry is essential for students learning for the first time or practitioners needing to keep up-to-date with their knowledge.

• Detailed coverage outlines the complete relevance of systemic diseases and their treatment to dentistry - essential knowledge for the whole dental team
  
• User-friendly format allows ease of access to information whether for exam revision purposes or for a specific issue confronting staff in a busy clinical environment
  
• Clearly written with excellent use of illustrations, the book is an essential, easy to use, reliable source of information

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Medical Problems in Dentistry
It is a book that can keep us familiar with current knowledge and let us far away getting risk of litigation.It can give us a continuous education on oral health.

The best back-up you could ask for..
A well organised, comprehensive, relevant text perfect for senior dental students and young dentists.Patient with complex medical history?This book will explain exactly what is relevant to you for each item in their history.If you're pushed for time you can just cut to the dental aspects section for each condition, but there's plenty of detail on the general and medical aspects if you have time and want to actually understand what's happening in the rest of your patient's body, or just impress your tutors.Buy it.

Couldn't be better
After reading many books regarding the medical aspect of dentistry, I can honestly say that this book by Scully and Cawson is the best I've read and the best I've enjoyed reading. It covers all aspects and most importantly, it relates back to its dental implications very well. Very well laid out, very simple and concise and very very informative. An excellent book. ... Read more

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The Basic Guide to Dental Procedures provides an indispensable induction to the core preventative and restorative treatments routinely carried out in the modern dental practice.

Written as an introductory guide for the whole dental team, it makes no attempt to explain the theory and clinical technique behind each procedure in detail. Rather, with the aid of 'before and after' colour illustration it offers sufficient overview to enable the reader to understand and explain procedures to their patient with confidence.

Each section is clearly structured to cover the reasoning behind the treatment described, the relevant dental background, the basics of how each procedure is carried out and if applicable, aftercare information. ... Read more

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Dentistry has now become an important part of everyday veterinary practice. Small Animal Dentistry provides the practical advice needed to carry out routine dentistry procedures in general practice. With over 400 colour pictures and special sections on practical tips and trouble-shooting, this practical manual is an essential easy-access reference tool.

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The funniest book about travel you will ever read: a travel guide to the fictional European republic Molvania, birthplace of the polka and whooping cough. ... Read more

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Funny and original
This is one of my favourite books as it is very funny and the concept is quite original.The book itself arrived in good time and in immaculate condition.Recommended for anyone who enjoys a good laugh and can relate to some of these "destinations" after travelling!

Some of the funniest stuff I've ever read
This book is like a written version of Borat -- without the creepy stuff that, while funny, made one cringe at seeing it onscreen. This "guide" however, is virtually guilt-free. And incredibly funny. Most humor strikes me as amusing. I can appreciate it as funny, but not much really gets me to laugh. This book made me laugh out loud, sometimes uncontrollably, on almost every page.

I don't get some of the critiques found here on Amazon. One reviewer scorned it as offensive to Eastern Europeans -- like the U.S. doesn't come in for mocking and satire at the hands of foreign writers. Another tries to shame the writers based on Eastern European involvement in the War on Terror -- obviously missing the difference between satire and propaganda.

Some of the reviewers just didn't like the writing. There's no accounting for taste, I guess. All I can say is that this is one of the most brilliant satires I've ever read.

Great gift!
My brother in law is one of those annoying people who has everything and is content in life (go figure, lol) so he is EXTREMELY difficult to shop for. I almost think he finds amusement in the fact that people really have to work hard to get him something that is either a) useful or b) at least not utterly useLESS. When I saw this book, I just about did cartwheels because he is in dental school and has a great sense of humor. I figured this would be the PERFECT gift for him because he wouldn't expect it, he loves to travel, and could definitely appreciate the sort of over-the-top content. Definitely a good buy. :)

Very Funny
Molvania is one of the most hilarious books that I have read. I started reading it after pensively reading War and Peace, and Union Moujik. So it was very relaxing.So if you don't laugh and gasp over it, then I don't think you have a fair sense of humor. True it is a one-joke parody. But if you find it offensive, think it over. The book isn't really about what it says, but actually it is about the way things are presented. It is just one hilarious and brilliant parody of a travel guide. Put yourself under a great deal of self-restraint when reading this book in public because your chuckles and guffaws might cause people to call an ambulance for you to be ferried away to a madhouse.

Funny, but...
Funny, it is. This is good light reading. You can put it down easily and pick it again later. However, this is pretty much the same joke, over and over. It gets tiring after a short while. ... Read more

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MASTER DESTISTRY is designed as a revision guide for dental students and offers the "curriculum essentials" in an easy-to-digest format. Each section is fully illustrated throughout and is supported by extensive self-assessment questions which allow the reader to assess their own knowledge of the topic and perfect their exam techniques. Now in colour, this second edition addresses the restorative, paediatric and orthodontics aspects of dentistry and is perfect for both undergraduate students and post-graduates preparing for the MFDS or international equivalents.

• Quick reference revision aid for dental students - ideal for exam preparation!
  
• Covers the 'essentials' of the subject to a level that is expected with the GDC's curriculum outlined in the First Five Years document
  
• Includes extensive self-testing material - short answers, essays, MCQs and EMQs - enabling students to assess their knowledge and perfect exam techniques
  
• Suitable for post-graduate students who will find the book useful for the MJDF or international equivalent

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Written by leading American practitioners, the Oxford American Handbooks in Medicine each offer a pocket-sized overview of an entire specialty, featuring instant access to guidance on the conditions that are most likely to be encountered. Precise and prescriptive, the handbooks offer up-to-date advice on examination, investigations, common procedures, and in-patient care. These books will be invaluable resources for residents and students, as well as a useful reference for practitioners.

The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry is a dependable manual geared for ultra-quick reference at any time. Part of the worldwide best-selling series, this book provides much more information than a standard handbook in the field. Thin and light, it uses concise, bulleted text, quick reference tabs, four color presentation, and bookmark ribbons to help provide fast answers on the ward. It is ideal for students, residents and anyone wanting a succinct, comprehensive, and affordable volume in the proven format of the Oxford Handbook Series. ... Read more

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Excellent
As my wife is a dentist, this book is very useful for her to check and update on her profession. ... Read more