Paediatric Dentistry at a Glance

Angus Cameron is Clinical Associate Professor and Head of Paediatric Dentistry at the University of Sydney.

Paediatric Dentistry at a Glance is the new title in the highly popular at a Glance series. It provides a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid, comprehensively covering all the constituent sub-topics that comprise paediatric dentistry. Following the familiar, easy-to-use at a Glance format, each topic is presented as a double-page spread with facts accompanied by clear diagrams and clinical photographs encapsulating essential knowledge.
 
Structured over 7 sections, Paediatric Dentistry at a Glance covers:
 
* Physical assessment and treatment planning
* Prevention and management of dental caries
* Traumatic Injuries
* Management of children with special health care needs
* Paediatric oral medicine and Pathology
* Dental and oro-facial anomalies
 
Paediatric Dentistry at a Glance draws together clinical and scientific elements to provide a comprehensive review of comprehensive oral health care for infants and children though adolescence. It is an ideal companion for all students of dentistry, junior clinicians and members of the dental team with an interest in paediatric dentistry.

Paediatric Dentistry at a Glance is the new title in the highly popular at a Glance series. It provides a concise and accessible introduction and revision aid, comprehensively covering all the constituent sub-topics that comprise paediatric dentistry.

Treatment planning, growth and development
 
1 Planning treatment for children 6
 
2 Growth and development 8
 
3 Child cognitive and psychological development 10
 
Strategies for management of the child patient
 
4 Behaviour management 12
 
5 Aversive conditioning and management of phobia 14
 
6 Local analgesia 16
 
7 Conscious sedation 18
 
8 General anaesthesia 20
 
9 Rubber dam 22
 
10 Dental radiography 24
 
Prevention of caries and erosion
 
11 Preventive care for children 26
 
12 Topical fluorides I 28
 
13 Topical fluorides II 30
 
14 Systemic fluoridation and fluoride toxicity 32
 
15 Cariology 34
 
16 Caries risk assessment and detection 36
 
17 Dental erosion 38
 
Restorative management in the primary dentition
 
18 Early childhood caries 40
 
19 Strip crowns for primary incisors 42
 
20 Plastic restorations in primary molars 44
 
21 Pulp therapy 46
 
22 Crowns for primary molars 48
 
23 Management of extensive caries 50
 
Management of fi rst permanent molars
 
24 Preservation of the fi rst permanent molar 52
 
25 Molar incisor hypomineralisation 54
 
Space management
 
26 Space maintenance 56
 
Dento-alveolar trauma
 
27 Assessment of trauma in children 58
 
28 Trauma to primary teeth 60
 
29 Crown fractures in permanent teeth 62
 
30 Complicated crown and crown/root fractures 64
 
31 Non-vital immature teeth 66
 
32 Root fractures 68
 
33 Luxations and avulsion 70
 
Paediatric oral medicine and pathology
 
34 Diagnosis, biopsy and investigation of pathology in children 72
 
35 Differential diagnosis of pathology of the jaws 74
 
36 Management of odontogenic infections in children 76
 
37 Ulcers and vesiculobullous lesions in children 78
 
38 Swellings and enlargements of the gingiva 80
 
39 Oral pathology in the newborn 82
 
Dental and oro-facial anomalies
 
40 Premature loss of primary teeth 84
 
41 Missing teeth and extra teeth 86
 
42 Disorders of tooth shape and size 88
 
43 Enamel disorders 90
 
44 Disorders of dentine and eruptive defects 92
 
Management of children with special needs
 
45 Physical and learning disabilities I 94
 
46 Physical and learning disabilities II 96
 
47 Bleeding disorders 98
 
48 Thalassaemia and other blood dyscrasias 100
 
49 Children with congenital heart defects 102
 
50 Children with cancer 104
 
51 The diabetic child 106
 
52 Kidney and liver disease and organ transplantation 108
 
53 Prescribing drugs for children 110
 
References 113
 
Index 115