Clinical Dentistry Daily Reference Guide

The first and only practical reference guide to clinical dentistry

Clinical dentistry involves the practice of preventing, diagnosing, and treating patients’ oral health conditions. Clinical Dentistry Daily Reference Guide is a one-stop resource loaded with critical information for day-to-day decision making regarding a myriad of clinical scenarios. This invaluable resource saves time by eliminating the need to search through websites, textbooks, and phone apps to find answers.

This book offers step-by-step assistance on health history treatment modifications, oral cancer screening, radiographic interpretation, treatment planning, preventive dentistry, periodontics, operative dentistry, endodontics, oral surgery, toothaches, crown and bridge, dentures, partials, implant crowns, occlusal guards, pharmacology, pediatric dentistry, nitrous sedation, and more.

This comprehensive guide:

• Provides quick access to information in an easy-to-read bulleted format
• Includes hundreds of high-quality clinical images, illustrations, and tables
• Answers real-life patient questions
• Contains procedural steps including post-operative instructions, lab prescriptions, troubleshooting, and clinical pearls
• Features alphabetized medical conditions and treatment modifications, evidence-based guidelines including the dental traumatology guidelines, tables of common medications converted to pediatric dosages, and more.
• Helps dentists gain confidence in their decision making

Clinical Dentistry Daily Reference Guide is a must-have book for all dental students and practicing dentists, both new and seasoned. Other dental professionals that will benefit from this book include dental educators, expanded function dental assistants, and dental hygienists.

About the Author xix

Preface xxi

Acknowledgments xxiii

List of Abbreviations xxv

How to Read this Book xxix

1 Health History Treatment Modifications 1

2 Extraoral Exam, Intraoral Exam, and Oral Cancer Screening 47

3 Radiographs and Interpretation 67

4 Treatment Planning 103

5 Preventive Dentistry 115

6 Periodontics 151

7 Operative Dentistry 173

8 Endodontics 209

9 Oral Surgery 255

10 Toothaches 307

11 Crown and Bridge 323

12 Complete Dentures 377

13 Removable Partial Dentures 437

14 Implant Crowns 493

15 Occlusal Guards 515

16 Dental Pharmacology 533

17 Pediatric Dentistry 575

18 Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen Sedation 605

Appendix A: International Association of Dental Traumatology Guidelines 621

Appendix B: Basic Life Support 651

Appendix C: Evidence-based Dentistry Pyramid 657

Appendix D: Ergonomics for the Dentist, Patient, and Dental Assistant 659

Appendix E: “CAMBRA” CAries Management By Risk Assessment 665

Index 669

WILLIAM A. JACOBSON, DMD, MPH, is a General Dentist at One Community Health in Sacramento, California, USA and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry in San Francisco, California, USA.

The first and only practical reference guide to clinical dentistry

Clinical dentistry involves the practice of preventing, diagnosing, and treating patients’ oral health conditions. Clinical Dentistry Daily Reference Guide is a one-stop resource loaded with critical information for day-to-day decision making regarding a myriad of clinical scenarios. This invaluable resource saves time by eliminating the need to search through websites, textbooks, and phone apps to find answers.

This book offers step-by-step assistance on health history treatment modifications, oral cancer screening, radiographic interpretation, treatment planning, preventive dentistry, periodontics, operative dentistry, endodontics, oral surgery, toothaches, crown and bridge, dentures, partials, implant crowns, occlusal guards, pharmacology, pediatric dentistry, nitrous sedation, and more.

This comprehensive guide:

• Provides quick access to information in an easy-to-read bulleted format
• Includes hundreds of high-quality clinical images, illustrations, and tables
• Answers real-life patient questions
• Contains procedural steps including post-operative instructions, lab prescriptions, troubleshooting, and clinical pearls
• Features alphabetized medical conditions and treatment modifications, evidence-based guidelines including the dental traumatology guidelines, tables of common medications converted to pediatric dosages, and more.
• Helps dentists gain confidence in their decision making

Clinical Dentistry Daily Reference Guide is a must-have book for all dental students and practicing dentists, both new and seasoned. Other dental professionals that will benefit from this book include dental educators, expanded function dental assistants, and dental hygienists.