Covering all core aspects of oral healthcare delivery, Odell's Clinical Problem Solving in Dentistry, 5th Edition, provides a step-by-step guide to personalised care planning and the management of a wide variety of clinical case scenarios encountered in the primary and secondary dental care setting. This highly visual text uses a clinically useful, practically applied format to assist with efficient learning and easy application in clinical practice, making it useful to all general dental practitioners and dental therapists, both qualified and in training, undergraduates or postgraduates alike.
Explores staged, personalised care planning and treatment alternatives for a multitude of clinical cases, evaluates their advantages and disadvantages, and discusses dento-legal implications
Integrates material from all oral and dental disciplines, covering an extensive range of clinical problems likely to be encountered in daily primary and secondary care practice
Includes cases relevant to new techniques and issues such as implantology, use of CAD-CAM and CBCT (Cone Beam Computed Tomography), and artificial intelligence
Includes new cases on Peri-implantitis Management, Multiple Jaw Radiolucencies, Restorative Management of the Older Adult, Assisted Intelligence, and Conflict Resolution within the Oral Healthcare Team
Contains more than 350 colour illustrations, artwork, and tables presenting clinical, diagnostic, and practical information in an easy-to-follow manner
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1. A high caries rate/risk patient 2. A multilocular radiolucency 3. An unpleasant surprise 4. Gingival recession 5. Multiple missing anterior teeth and a class III incisor relationship 6. An unsettled patient 7. A dry mouth 8. Painful trismus 9. A deep carious lesion 10. A lump on the gingiva 11. Pain on biting 12. CAD/CAM Fixed Prosthodontics 13. Sudden collapse 14. A difficult young child 15. Pain after extraction 16. A numb lip 17. A loose anterior tooth 18. Oroantral fistula 19. Troublesome mouth ulcers 20. A lump in the neck 21. Trauma causing displacement of an upper central incisor (JB) 22. Hypoglycaemia 23. A tooth lost at teatime 24. A problem with an overdenture 25. Impacted lower third molars 26. A patient presenting with an avulsed central incisor 27. Discoloured anterior teeth 28. A very painful mouth 29. Caution! X-rays 30. Whose fault is it this time? 31. Ouch! 32. A swollen face and pericoronitis 33. First permanent molars 34. A sore mouth 35. A failed bridge 36. Skateboarding accident? 37. An adverse reaction 38. Advanced periodontitis 39. Fractured incisors 40. An anxious patient 41. Blisters in the oral cavity 42. Will you see my son? 43. Bridge design 44. Management of anticoagulation 45. A white patch on the tongue 46. Another white patch on the tongue 47. Molar endodontic treatment 48. An endodontic problem 49. A swollen face 50. Missing upper lateral incisors 51. Anterior crossbite 52. Localised periodontitis? 53. Unexpected findings 54. A gap between the front teeth 55. A lump in the palate 56. Rapid breakdown of 6s / MIH 57. Oral cancer 58 A complicated extraction 59. Difficulty in opening the mouth 60. Erosive Tooth wear 61. Worn front teeth 62. A case of toothache 63. A child with a swollen face 64. A pain in the neck 65. Failed endodontic treatment 66. A pain in the head 67. Aggressive tooth decay 68. Should I repair or replace these restorations – the "5Rs"? 69. Implants: planning and placement 70. Domiciliary visits 71. Handling a patient complaint 72. Loose dentures/resorbed ridge form 73. ‘Invisible braces’ 74. A swollen lip 75. Failing implant 76. Lateral periodontal cyst (NEW) 77. Restorative management of the older adult (NEW) 78. Conflict resolution within the oral healthcare team (NEW)
Avijit Banerjee, BDS MSc PhD LDS FDS (Rest Dent) FDS RCS (Eng) FHEA FICD, Professor of Cariology and Operative Dentistry/Hon Consultant, Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London, UK and Selvam Thavaraj, PhD FDSRCS FRCPath, Lecturer in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Consultant Oral Pathologist, King’s College London Dental Institute at Guy’s, King’s College and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK
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