Full Description
Oral and Dental Trauma in Children and Adolescents provides undergraduates and dental practitioners with the understanding and confidence to enable them to care for younger people who have suffered injuries to the oro-facial structures. Taking a practical approach with many full colour clinical photographs; this comprehensive text covers the care, management and rationale behind the various traumatic dental problems commonly seen in infants, children and adolescents. By providing a concise account of the aetiology, classification, clinical investigation, diagnosis, and management of oral and dental trauma in children and adolescents, it forms an invaluable source of information for both undergraduate students and qualified dentists. Online Resource Centre: (TBC) The Online Resource Centre includes the following resources: - Additional clinical photographs depicting patient presentations and outcomes. - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), together with an 'ask the author' forum.
Contents
1. The problem: classification, epidemiology and aetiology; 2. Investigation of oro-dental injuries; 3. Injuries affecting the primary dentition; 4. Crown fracture; 5. Response of pulp tissue to traumatic injury; 6. Crown - root fractures; 7. Root fracture; 8. Luxation injuries; 9. Non-vital immature teeth: late presentation; 10. Damage to supporting tissues; 11. The prevention of dental injuries
