Full Description
This handbook distils the most up-to-date theory and practical information on dental erosion and dentin hypersensitivity into an accessible and practical clinical guide for general dental practitioners, dental students, dental educators, and other health professionals. Topics are covered in a step-by-step, easy-to-understand manner, with tables, checklists, images, flowcharts, and bullet point-like presentation of core messages that is ideal for busy dental practitioners and students. Besides providing evidence-based guidance on treatment and prevention strategies, the book examines thoroughly the dental erosion process itself and the intrinsic and extrinsic causes. Chapters are also included on the etiology, prevalence, and management of dentin hypersensitivity, the restoration of worn dentin, and non-carious cervical lesions. The authors are renowned, clinically active international experts in different aspects of dental erosion and its management.
Contents
Science: Prevalence, Incidence and Distribution of Dental Erosion.- The Dental Erosion Process.- Causes of Dental Erosion: Intrinsic Causes.- Causes of Dental Erosion: Extrinsic Causes.- Clinical Practice: Diagnosis of Dental Erosion.- Assessment and Monitoring of Dental Erosion.- Dental Erosive Wear Risk Assessment.- Prevention and Control of Dental Erosion: Patient Self-Care.-Prevention and Control of Dental Erosion: Professional Clinical Care.- Prevention and Control of Dental Erosion: Dietary Management.- Prevention and Control of Dental Erosion: Psychological Management.- Prevention and Control of Dental Erosion: Gastroesophagel Reflux Disease Management.- Restoration of the Worn Dentition.- Non-Carious Cervical Lesions: Etiology, Prevalence and Management.- Dentin Hypersensitivity: Etiology, Prevalence and Management.- Patient Recall, Reassessment and Monitoring.
