Clinical Problem Solving in Periodontology and Implantology - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition
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Clinical Problem Solving in Periodontics and Implantology - a new title in the successful Churchill Livingstone’s Clinical Problem Solving in Dentistry series - provides a highly visual step-by-step guide to the practical management of a wide variety of clinical problems commonly seen in practice.
Containing over 400 high-quality photographs, many in full colour, the book is written in an easy-to read ‘how to’ style and contains a large number of real life clinical cases carefully presented to maximise learning outcomes for the reader.
Covering the core aspects of practice, Clinical Problem Solving in Periodontics and Implantology will be of value to all undergraduate dental students and those embarking on post-graduate training in periodontology and implantology.
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- More than 400 colour illustrations present clinical, diagnostic and practical information in an easy-to-follow manner
- Contains ‘practical tips’, ‘how to’ boxes and other useful aide-mémoires
- Practical approach to the subject makes learning especially easy
- Designed to help the reader organise their knowledge into a clinically useful format
- Explores treatment alternatives and evaluates their advantages and disadvantages
- Practical approach to the subject makes learning especially easy
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SECTION 1 PERIODONTAL ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS
1 Periodontal assessment
2 Classification of periodontal diseases
3 Periodontal diagnosis – systemic factors
4 Periodontal diagnosis – risk factor assessment
5 Is it periodontal disease? Other conditions affecting the periodontal tissues
SECTION 2 PERIODONTAL TREATMENT
6 Initial treatment planning
7 Behaviour change: plaque control and smoking cessation
8 Non-surgical treatment
9 Reassessment – time for decision-making
10 Surgical treatment of periodontal pocketing
11 Other surgical procedures
12 Periodontal regeneration
13 Local and systemic antimicrobial agents
14 Gingival recession
15 Postoperative care and periodontal maintenance therapy
SECTION 3 INTRODUCTION TO DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY
16 Indications for dental implant treatment
17 Assessing the patient for implant placement
18 Treatment planning
19 Surgical placement 1
20 Surgical placement 2
21 Restorative options in implant dentistry
22 Implant failures