Essentials of Dental Radiography and Radiology Elsevier eBook on Vitalsource, 6th Edition

by Eric Whaites, MSc BDS(Hons) FDSRCS(Edin) FDSRCS(Eng) FRCR DDRRCR and Nicholas Drage, BDS, FDS RCS(Eng), FDS RCPSG, DDR RCR

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ISBN: 9780702076909

Publication Date: 03-23-2020

Page Count: 528

Imprint: Elsevier

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This highly popular text presents everything that an undergraduate dental student, postgraduate student or general dental practitioner needs to know in order to safely capture high-quality clinical images and accurately interpret their findings.

In this latest edition, both traditional methods of imaging and new modalities are explored - specifically cone beam CT - and a new author has been brought on board to bring a fresh approach to the subject area.

Written in an accessible manner, which avoids unnecessary detail, each page spread has been carefully designed to ensure clarity of understanding by the reader to facilitate both examination success and confidence and safety in the clinical situation. Topics address the whole BDS curriculum and range from the physics of imaging and radiation protection to infection control and regional image interpretation.

Perfect for undergraduate students, post-graduate students, specialist trainees and general dental practitioners alike, Essentials of Dental Radiography and Radiology has become the ‘must-have’ volume for all readers who practise or who intend to practise clinical dentistry.

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Key Features
- Provides a comprehensive account of the radiology and radiography topics usually examined at undergraduate and postgraduate level
- Clear and accessible approach to the subject makes learning especially easy
- More than 1100 illustrations – many of them updated - present clinical, diagnostic and practical information in an accessible manner
- Contains recent classifications and advanced imaging modalities including cone beam CT imaging techniques
Contents

Part 1 Introduction
1. The radiographic image

Part 2 Radiation physics, equipment and radiation protection
2. The production, properties and interactions of X-rays
3. Dental X-ray generating equipment
4. Image receptors
5. Imaging processing
6. Radiation dose, dosimetry and dose limitation
7. The biological effects associated with X-rays, risk and practical radiation protection

Part 3 Radiography
8. Dental radiography - general patient considerations including control of infection
9. Periapical radiography
10. Bitewing radiography
11. Occlusal radiography
12. Oblique lateral radiography
13. Skull and maxillofacial radiography
14. Cephalometric radiography
15. Tomography and panoramic radiography
16. Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)
17. The quality of radiographic images and quality assurance
18. Alternative and specialized imaging modalities

Part 4 Radiology
19. Introduction to radiological interpretation
20. Dental caries and the assessment of restorations
21. The periapical tissues
22. The periodontal tissues and periodontal disease
23. Implant assessment
24. Developmental abnormalities
25. Radiological differential diagnosis - describing a lesion
26. Differential diagnosis of radiolucent lesions of the jaws
27. Differential diagnosis of lesions of variable radiopacity in the jaws
28. Bone diseases of radiological importance
29. Trauma to the teeth and facial skeleton
30. The temporomandibular joint
31. The maxillary antra
32. The salivary gland
Authors

Eric Whaites, MSc BDS(Hons) FDSRCS(Edin) FDSRCS(Eng) FRCR DDRRCR, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology, Head of the Unit of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiological Imaging, King’s College London Dental Institute at Guy’s, King’s College and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK and Nicholas Drage, BDS, FDS RCS(Eng), FDS RCPSG, DDR RCR, Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology, University Dental Hospital, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK
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