Comprehensive Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist

Mea A. Weinberg, Cheryl Westphal Theile, Milton Palat, Stuart J. Froum (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

627 Seiten

2001
Prentice-Hall (Verlag)
978-0-8385-1554-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Intended for courses in Periodontics in dental hygiene programs, this text focuses on the fundamental principles of therapy and pathogenesis. A four-part organization covers background, assessment, prevention, and treatment, and prepares the clinician for the inevitable advances in chemotherapy and diagnostics.

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For courses in Periodontics in dental hygiene programs.

Anchored in evidence-based learning, this text focuses on the fundamental principles of therapy and pathogenesis with concise definitions, precise objectives, and helpful lists not only of key words but of key points. It simplifies many of the complexities of the disease process without confusing them, and provides clear links back to practical aspects of therapy. A four-part organization covers background, assessment, prevention, and treatment, and prepares the clinician for the inevitable advances in chemotherapy and diagnostics—the clinical management hallmark of periodontal diseases in the future.

Inhalt

I. PERIODONTAL DISEASES: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND.

1. Anatomy of the Periodontal Structures: The Healthy State.
2. Periodontal Pathology.
3. Etiology of and Risk Factor Assessment for Periodontal Diseases.
4. Classification of Periodontal Diseases.
5. Epidemiology of Periodontal Diseases.
Case Interpretation I: Chapters 1-5.
II. PERIODONTAL DISEASES: THE ASSESSMENT PHASE.

6. Patient Assessment.


Dental Hygiene Process of Care for the Periodontal Patient. Patient History. Clinical Examination.

7. Radiology and Periodontal Treatment.
8. Advances in Detecting and Monitoring Periodontal Diseases.
Case Interpretation II: Chapters 6-8.
III. PERIODONTAL DISEASES: THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PHASE.

9. Evidenced-Based Treatment Planning.
10. Oral Hygiene Self-Care.
11. Periodontal Pharmacology.
12. Periodontal Instrumentation.


Hand-Activated Instrumentation. Power-Driven Scalers. Procedures for Extrinsic Stain Removal.

13. Occlusal Trauma.
14. Principles of Periodontal Surgery: Gingivectomy, Osseous Resection, and Mucogingival Surgery.
15. Principles of Periodontal Surgery: Periodontal Regeneration.
16. Management of Dental Implants.
17. Periodontal Management of Medically Compromised Patients.
18. Periodontal Maintenance Therapy (SPT).
Case Interpretation III: Clinical Cases, Chapters 1-18.
IV. APPENDICES.

A1: Prevention of Infective Endocarditis.
A2: Periodontic Information Resources.
A3: Reading the Literature.
A4: Women's Health Issues in Periodontics.
A5: New Classification of Periodontal Diseases and Conditions.
Glossary.
Answers.
Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.8.2001
• Verlagsort: Harlow
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 203 x 254 mm
• Gewicht: 1143 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Hygiene / Mikrobiologie / Virologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Zahnmedizin
• ISBN-10: 0-8385-1554-1 / 0838515541
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8385-1554-9 / 9780838515549
• Zustand: Neuware