Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition

by Stephen J. Stefanac, DDS, MS and Samuel P. Nesbit, DDS, MS

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ISBN: 9780323287340

Publication Date: 01-25-2016

Page Count: 459

Imprint: Mosby

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Help dental students learn to identify problems and develop treatment plans for all types of patients! Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry, 3rd Edition provides a full-color guide to creating treatment plans based on a comprehensive patient evaluation. Using evidence-based research, this text shows how risk assessment, prognosis, and expected treatment outcomes factor into the planning process. New chapters cover patient diagnosis and team-based treatment planning, and a new Evolve website includes videos and decision-making algorithms. This is the only dental resource that combines patient examination and oral diagnosis with treatment planning!

New Edition Expected Availability: 05-23-2023

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Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

ISBN: 9780323809764

New to This Edition
- NEW Common Diagnoses in Dentistry chapter provides guidelines to making an accurate patient diagnosis prior to beginning treatment
- NEW Interprofessional Treatment Planning chapter describes dental care in the context of a team-based collaborative approach, so that the dental treatment plan aligns with the overall treatment goals of the patient
- NEW! Full-color photographs illustrate clinical principles and pathologies, and a colorful design highlights key content
- Updated content reflects advances in dental techniques, materials, and patient treatment options based on research, clinical experience, and current literature
- NEW resources on an Evolve website include videos and decision-making algorithms
Key Features
- NEW Common Diagnoses in Dentistry chapter provides guidelines to making an accurate patient diagnosis prior to beginning treatment
- NEW Interprofessional Treatment Planning chapter describes dental care in the context of a team-based collaborative approach, so that the dental treatment plan aligns with the overall treatment goals of the patient
- NEW! Full-color photographs illustrate clinical principles and pathologies, and a colorful design highlights key content
- Updated content reflects advances in dental techniques, materials, and patient treatment options based on research, clinical experience, and current literature
- Logical organization builds student understanding with sections on comprehensive patient evaluation, key treatment planning concepts, a detailed review of the five phases of planning treatment and guidelines for selecting the appropriate plan of care, and care planning for patients with special needs
- Evidence-based coverage demonstrates how to use research and clinical evidence in making treatment planning decisions
- In Clinical Practice boxes highlight situations that may be faced by the general dentist
- What's the Evidence? boxes cite relevant research articles affecting clinical decision-making and treatment planning strategies
- Ethics in Dentistry boxes address ethical issues a dental student or clinician may encounter in treatment planning
- Review questions reinforce the important concepts in each chapter with thought-provoking, clinically useful exercises
- Expert authors and contributors provide a current, authoritative resource for effective treatment planning
- Key Terms and a Glossary highlight and define important terminology
Contents

Section 1: Patient Examination and Diagnosis
1. Patient Evaluation and Assessment
2. Common Diagnoses in Dentistry NEW!

Section 2: The Treatment Planning Process
3. Evidence Based Treatment Planning: Assessment of Risk, Prognosis, and Expected Treatment Outcomes
4. Developing the Treatment Plan
5. Interprofessional Treatment Planning NEW!
6. Ethical and Legal Considerations when Treatment Planning

Section 3: Phases of the Treatment Plan
7. The Systemic Phase of Treatment
8. The Acute Phase of Treatment
9. The Disease Control Phase of Treatment
10. The Definitive Phase of Treatment
11. The Maintenance Phase of Care

Section 4: Planning Treatment for Unique Patient Populations
12. The Patient with Special Needs
13. The Patient Who Is Substance Dependent
14. The Anxious or Fearful Dental Patient
15. The Patient with Psychological Disorders
16. The Adolescent Patient
17. The Geriatric Patient
18. The Motivationally Compromised or Financially Limited Patient
Authors

Stephen J. Stefanac, DDS, MS, Senior Associate Dean, Associate Dean for Patient Services Professor, Periodontics and Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry Ann Arbor, MI, USA and Samuel P. Nesbit, DDS, MS, Clinical Professor, Department of Operative Dentistry, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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