Compiled by Helen Nield

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TEXTBOOK OF ORAL CANCER - PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT

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Saman Warnakulasuriya and John S. Greenspan (Editors)

2020; Springer; 452 pp; ebook

ISBN: 9783030323158

'Recent decades have seen tremendous advances in our understanding of the etiology, biology and molecular basis of oral cancer, as well as important clinical advances in the diagnosis and management of this disease. Our aim […]is to present important achievements […]to summarize the current evidence, and to identify future perspectives.'

This book consists of 31 chapters plus an index and a very useful two-page list of acronyms. Its contributors come from the UK, USA, Europe, India, Australia, Japan, Israel and one of the editors is based in the UK, the other in America - so it can truly be said to be a multinational pulling together of the latest information on what is the eighth leading cause of cancer worldwide. Chapters cover, amongst other topics: epidemiology, risk factors, clinical presentation, staging, pathology, biopsies, diagnostics, screening, lifestyle interventions, factors affecting survival, cancer stem cells and debatable factors on causation. Virtually every aspect of oral cancer is looked at and the book is packed with clear diagrams, tables, and photographs. The editors of the book conclude their introduction by saying that 'The ultimate intent of the book is to have an appeal to a broad group of clinicians working in oral medicine, otolaryngology, oncology, maxillofacial pathology, and other aspects of head and neck cancer.' https://tinyurl.com/ebooks-medprobs

BONE AUGMENTATION IN IMPLANT DENTISTRY: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO PREDICTABLE ALVEOLAR RIDGE AND SINUS GRAFTING

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Michael A. Pikos and Richard J. Miron (Editors)

2019; Quintessence publishing; 272 pp; ebook

ISBN: 9780867158250

'With the number of advancements made in digitally based media and marketing, it is imperative that the clinician be able to separate new trends from evidence-based protocols […] we should strive to implement rational evidence-based decisions grounded on available literature to allow us to make sound and predictable choices. The goal of this textbook is to share my clinical experiences, both successes and failures […] to facilitate learning through documented cases.'

The book is split into six chapters: 'Instrumentation for alveolar ridge augmentation and sinus grafting'; 'Membranes, grafting materials, and growth factors'; 'Extraction site management'; 'Alveolar ridge augmentation'; 'Sinus grafting'; and 'Guided full-arch immediate-function treatment modality for the edentulous and terminal-dentition patient'. It also contains a useful index. In each of the clinical chapters a case is supplemented with the author's 'italicized personal notes' describing his own learning experiences, tips and pearls, technical notes and an 'in-depth analysis and critical evaluation' on how he would approach the case now. This practical text features easy to read prose and as is usual with Quintessence, excellent images. https://tinyurl.com/ebookimplants

COLOR AND APPEARANCE IN DENTISTRY

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Alvaro Della Bona (Editor)

2020; Springer; 142 pp; ebook

ISBN: 9783030426255

'This text […] endeavors to explain the color science and its application in Dentistry, to assist in teaching and training color determination in Dentistry, to guide on visual and instrumental dental shade matching, offering guidelines on color management and communication in Dentistry, and glancing on future developments using artificial intelligence.'

This book, edited by the experienced past president of the Academy of Dental Materials Alvaro Della Bona and written by him and a team of Brazilian dentists, takes a comprehensive look at how to get the colour right when shade matching - although it does lack an index. It uses quite technical language and goes into the science of colour in some detail. The chapter on 'Teaching and training color determination in dentistry' looks at how this art has been taught in the past as well as exploring current online methods with links to online training programmes. Shade matching is covered in both a chapter on 'visual' matching which describes the physiology of the eye in some detail and one on 'instrumental' matching. Photography is discussed in a subsequent chapter with advice on how to reproduce correct colour, complications such as colour blindness are explored in a further chapter and finally there is a description of artificial intelligence especially fuzzy systems. Each chapter finishes with a list of further reading. https://tinyurl.com/ebooks-aesth

FUNDAMENTALS OF TREATMENT PLANNING: GUIDELINES ON HOW TO DEVELOP, PLAN, WRITE, AND DELIVER A PROSTHODONTIC CARE PROJECT

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Lino Calvani

2020; Quintessence; 308 pp; ebook

ISBN: 9780867157925

'The complexity of the topic and the enormous body of existing literature engaged me in a great effort of synthesis to rationalize and select the fundamentals […] Analysis and description are the backbones of the book, and treatment planning is the basic scaffolding on which I have constructed the text.'

Professor Calvani who is currently based at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts wrote this book after being asked to organise his lecture notes so that they would be accessible to all students. He believes strongly that treatment planning should be 'elevated to the same level as other scientific medical fields such as anatomy and physiology […] It should be taught and evaluated as a subject in its own right'. The book starts with an overview of treatment planning, setting it in its historical context. Subsequently, the majority of the chapters describe different aspects of prosthodontic treatment planning and these include specific topics such as treatment planning for the elderly and planning for those with complex rehabilitations as well as general treatment planning management, prosthodontic tools for treatment planning, how to look at data, diagnosis, physical examinations, clinical examination assessment questions and a 'new and original' classification for prosthodontic treatment types. This very readable book culminates in a chapter describing how to write a prosthodontic treatment plan with an accompanying eight case presentation narrative. https://tinyurl.com/ebooks-tplan.