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Pathology of the Hard Dental Tissues

ISBN: 978-1-118-38134-2

September 2012

Wiley-Blackwell

456 pages

Description

This is a seminal text uniquely dedicated to oral hard tissue pathology, presenting the growth of clinical knowledge and advancement in the field in recent years. Starting with a discussion of numerical and formative anomalies and unusual eruption, the book goes on to consider caries, erosion, resorption and toothwear, as well as tooth fractures and discolouration, and ends with a chapter on congenital syndromes with dental anomalies.

Pathology of the Hard Dental Tissues is an invaluable reference for specialist practitioners and researchers as well as dental students, combining a scholarly overview of the field with clinical management protocols.

Includes prevention techniques as well as treatment regimes

  • Contains many colour clinical photographs
  • Accompanied by a large number of references
  • Provides helpful tables to categorise the causes and characteristics of lesions
  • Written by a leading expert in the field
About the Author
Albert H B Schuurs PhD is an associate lecturer at the Academic Center for Dentistry in Amsterdam (ACTA). During his career at ACTA and in his clinical practice, he has developed particular expertise in the field of oral hard tissue pathology.
Features
  • The first dedicated volume on oral hard tissue pathology in over 3 decades
  • Contains over 400 photographs, the majority in color
  • Encyclopedic range of scholarship combined with clinical management protocols
  • Presents major modern causes of lesions, including various forms of tooth wear