Handbook of clinical pediatric dentistry

This book is suitable for dental students, postgraduates, general practitioners and pediatric dentists, as well as for dental hygienists. This book is written in a concise form, clinically oriented, and easy-to-read, covering oral and dental diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and management in infants and children through adolescence. It consists of 24 chapters and 3 appendices in 500 pages. The book contains about 950 high-quality color images, 50 radiographs, 35 drawings, 17 plates, 7 tables. Chapters on examination, diagnosis, and treatment planning; behavior management of children in the dental office; diagnosis, prevention, treatment of dental caries; tooth preparation, minimally invasive operative dentistry; restorative materials; restorations procedures; pulp therapy; pediatric crowns; fluoride in preventive dentistry; fissure sealant; local and general analgesia. Chapters on interceptive orthodontics; space maintainers; tooth discoloration; tooth wear; dental abnormalities; pathology of oral mucosa; traumatic dental injuries. Appendices include dental materials and secondary caries; drugs in pediatric dentistry; medical emergencies, and chair-side saliva testing.