Description
Based on the understanding that oral health is an important social determinant of health, the latest edition of this internationally recognised handbook equips the reader with necessary skills and knowledge to provide truly integrative patient care.The text goes beyond the technical skills needed to treat children's dental disorders. It covers assessment of a child's health and development, their oral health, the newest clinical interventions, and concepts of dental disease initiation and progression. It guides the reader through the management and communication skills needed to deal with children, and how to support their overall health behaviours.Written by renowned authors Angus Cameron and Richard P Widmer, this text is an essential companion for all practitioners who treat children, including undergraduate dental students, general dental practitioners, specialist pediatric dentists, orthodontists and pediatricians.- Emphasis on growth and development to support readers in their important role as pediatric oral physicians- Fully reviewed and rewritten to provide the latest thinking on dental caries, restorative pediatric dentistry, children with special needs, oral medicine, trauma, and dental anomalies- Readily accessible and written in a friendly 'how to' manner for use chairside- Full colour illustrations throughout- ''Clinical Hints' boxes to act as useful aide-mémoires
Table of Contents
1. The philosophy of paediatric dentistry: The philosophy of paediatric dentistry – What is paediatric dentistry?2. Child development, relationships and behaviour management3. Pharmacological behaviour management4. Dental caries5. Fluoride and dental health6. Restorative paediatric dentistry7. Pulp therapy for primary and immature permanent teeth8. Clinical and surgical techniques9. Trauma management10. Paediatric oral medicine, oral pathology and radiology11. Dental anomalies12. Medically compromised children13. Children with special needs14. Management of cleft lip and palate15. Speech, language and swallowingAppendices:A. Blood and serum testing and investigationsB. Paediatric life supportC. Management of anaphylaxisD. Management of acute asthmaE. Fluid and electrolyte balanceF. Antibiotic prophylaxis protocols for the prevention of infective endocarditisG. Glasgow coma scaleH. Common drugs usage in paediatric dentistryI. RadiologyJ. Ethics in paediatric dentistryK. Somatic growth and maturityL. Growth chartsM. Eruption dates of teethN. Construction of family pedigreeO. Calculating fluoride values for dental productsP. Covid-19 and paediatric dentistry
