Contents -- List of color plates -- Symbols and abbreviations -- 1 History and examination -- Listen, look, and learn -- Chief complaint (CC) -- The dental history -- Screening and medical history -- Medical examination -- Examination of the head and neck -- Examination of the mouth -- Findings-general -- Findings-specific -- Radiology and radiography -- Advanced imaging techniques -- Differential diagnosis and treatment plan -- 2 Preventive and community dentistry -- Dental caries -- Caries diagnosis -- Fluoride -- Planning fluoride therapy -- Bacterial plaque and dental decay -- Fissure sealants -- Sugar -- Dietary analysis and advice -- Dental health education -- Delivery of dental care -- Access to dental care -- Dentistry for the disabled -- Professions complementary to dentistry (PCD) -- Lies, damn lies, and statistics -- Resources in Spanish for dentists -- 3 Pediatric dentistry -- The child patient -- Treatment planning for children -- The anxious child -- The child with toothache -- Abnormalities of tooth eruption and exfoliation -- Abnormalities of tooth number -- Abnormalities of tooth structure -- Abnormalities of tooth form -- Abnormalities of tooth color -- Anatomy of primary teeth (and relevance to cavity design) -- Extraction versus restoration of primary teeth -- Local anesthesia for children -- Restoration of carious primary teeth -- Class I in primary molars -- Class II in primary molars-amalgam -- Stainless steel (SS) crowns -- Classes III, IV, and V in primary teeth -- Severe early childhood caries -- Primary molar pulp therapy -- Pulpotomy techniques for vital pulps -- Non-vital pulp techniques -- Pulp therapy for primary anterior teeth -- Dental trauma -- Non-accidental injury (NAI) -- Injuries to primary teeth -- Injuries to permanent teeth-crown fractures -- Root fractures.

Luxation, subluxation, intrusion, and extrusion -- Splinting -- Management of the avulsed tooth -- Pulpal sequelae following trauma -- Management of missing incisors -- Common childhood ailments affecting the mouth -- Sugar-free medications -- 4 Orthodontics -- What is orthodontics? -- The Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (IOTN) -- Definitions -- Orthodontic assessment -- Cephalometrics -- More cephalometrics -- Treatment planning -- Management of the developing dentition -- Extractions -- Extraction of the first permanent molars -- Distal movement of the upper buccal segments -- Spacing -- Buccally displaced maxillary canines -- Palatally displaced maxillary canines -- Increased overjet -- Management of increased overjet -- Increased overbite -- Management of increased overbite -- Anterior open bite (AOB) -- Reverse overjet -- Management of reverse overjet -- Crossbites (Xbites) -- Anchorage -- Removable appliances-scope and limitations -- Removable appliances-design -- Fixed appliances -- Functional appliances-rationale and mode of action -- Types of functional appliance and practical tips -- Orthodontics and orthognathic surgery -- Cleft lip and palate (CLP) -- 5 Periodontology -- Oral microbiology -- Plaque -- Calculus -- Etiology of periodontal disease -- Epidemiology of periodontal disease -- Chronic gingivitis -- Classification of periodontal disease -- Chronic periodontitis -- Pocketing -- Diagnostic tests and monitoring -- Acute periodontal disease -- Periodontitis in children and adolescents -- Prevention of periodontal disease -- Principles of treatment -- Nonsurgical therapy-1 -- Nonsurgical therapy-2 -- Minimally invasive therapy-1 -- Minimally invasive therapy-2 -- Periodontal surgery -- Regenerative techniques -- Peri-implantitis -- Mucogingival surgery -- Role of occlusion -- Perio-endo lesions -- Furcation involvement.

6 Restorative dentistry -- Treatment planning -- Dental pain -- Isolation and moisture control -- Principles of tooth preparation -- Occlusal (Class I) -- Proximal (Class II) -- Proximal (Class II)-resin composite and inlays -- Proximal (Class III), incisal (Class IV), cervical (Class V), and root surface caries -- Management of the deep carious lesion -- Survival and failure of restorations -- Occlusion-1 -- Occlusion-2 -- Anterior crowns for vital teeth-1 -- Anterior crowns for vital teeth-2 -- Anterior post and core crowns -- Anterior post and core crowns-practical tips -- Veneers -- Posterior crowns -- Fixed dental prosthesis -- Fixed dental prosthesis-treatment planning and design -- Fixed dental prosthesis-practical stages -- Fixed dental prosthesis failures -- Resin-bonded fixed prosthesis -- Attrition, abrasion, and erosion -- Temporary restorations -- Pin-retained restorations -- Bleaching -- Root canal therapy -- Root canal therapy-instruments -- Root canal therapy-materials -- Canal preparation-1 -- Canal preparation-2 -- Canal obturation -- Some endodontic problems and their management -- Four-handed dentistry -- 7 Removable prosthodontics -- Treatment planning -- Principles of removable partial dentures -- Components of removable partial dentures -- Removable partial denture design -- Clinical steps for removable partial dentures -- Immediate complete dentures -- Principles of complete dentures -- Impressions for complete dentures -- Recording the occlusion for complete dentures -- Wax try-in of complete dentures -- Complete denture delivery -- Denture maintenance -- Cleaning dentures -- Denture problems and complaints -- Candida and dentures -- Denture duplication -- Overdentures -- Geriatric dentistry -- Age-related changes -- Dental care for the elderly -- 8 Oral and maxillofacial surgery -- Principles of surgery of the mouth.

Asepsis and antisepsis -- Forceps, elevators, and other instruments -- Extraction of teeth -- Complications of extracting teeth -- Postoperative bleeding -- Suturing -- Dentoalveolar surgery: removal of roots -- Dentoalveolar surgery: removal of unerupted teeth -- Dentoalveolar surgery: removal of third molars -- Dentoalveolar surgery: third-molar technique -- Dentoalveolar surgery: apicoectomy -- Dentoalveolar surgery: other aids to endodontics -- Dentoalveolar surgery: helping the orthodontist -- Dentofacial infections -- Biopsy -- Cryosurgery -- Non-tumor soft tissue lumps in the mouth -- Non-tumor hard tissue lumps -- Cysts of the jaws -- Benign tumors of the mouth -- The maxillary antrum -- Minor preprosthetic surgery -- Implantology -- Lasers -- Minimally invasive surgery -- Advanced trauma life support (ATLS) -- Basic life support (BLS) -- Primary management of maxillofacial trauma -- Assessing head injury -- Mandibular fractures -- Mid-face fractures -- Nasal and zygomatic fractures -- Treatment of facial fractures -- Facial soft tissue injuries -- Surgery and the temporomandibular joint -- Major preprosthetic surgery -- Clefts and craniofacial anomalies -- Orthognathic surgery -- Salivary gland tumors -- Surgery of the salivary glands -- Oral cancer -- Neck masses -- Flaps and grafts -- 9 Oral medicine -- Bacterial infections of the mouth -- Viral infections of the mouth -- Candidiasis -- Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ulcers) -- Vesiculobullous lesions-intraepithelial -- Vesiculobullous lesions-subepithelial -- White patches -- Pigmented lesions of the mouth -- Premalignant lesions -- Oral cancer -- Abnormalities of the lips and tongue -- Salivary gland disease-1 -- Salivary gland disease-2 -- Drug-induced lesions of the mouth -- Facial pain -- Oral manifestations of skin disease -- Oral manifestations of gastrointestinal disease.

Oral manifestations of hematological disease -- Oral manifestations of endocrine disease -- Oral manifestations of neurological disease -- Oral manifestations of HIV infection and AIDS -- Cervicofacial lymphadenopathy -- An approach to oral ulcers -- Temporomandibular pain-dysfunction/facial arthromyalgia -- 10 Medicine relevant to dentistry -- Medical theory -- Anemia -- Hematological malignancy -- Other hematological disorders -- Cardiovascular disease -- Respiratory disease -- Gastrointestinal disease -- Hepatic disease -- Renal disorders -- Endocrine disease -- Endocrine-related problems -- Bone disease -- Diseases of connective tissue, muscle, and joints -- Neurological disorders -- More neurological disorders -- Skin neoplasms -- Dermatology -- Psychiatry -- The immunocompromised patient -- Emergencies -- Useful emergency kit -- Fainting -- Acute chest pain -- Cardiorespiratory arrest -- Anaphylactic shock and other drug reactions -- Collapse in a patient with a history of corticosteroid use -- Seizures -- Hypoglycemia -- Acute asthma -- Inhaled foreign bodies -- If in doubt -- Inpatients -- Management of the dental inpatient -- Venipuncture and arterial puncture -- Intravenous fluids -- Blood transfusion -- Catheterization -- Enteric and parenteral feeding -- Pain control -- Prophylaxis -- Management of the diabetic patient undergoing surgery -- Management of patients requiring steroid supplementation -- Common postoperative problems -- 11 Therapeutics -- Poison control centers -- Prescribing -- Analgesics in dental practice -- Anti-inflammatory drugs -- Antidepressants -- Antiemetics -- Anxiolytics, sedatives, hypnotics, and tranquillizers -- Antibiotics -- Antifungal and antiviral drugs -- Antihistamines and decongestants -- Miscellaneous -- Alarm bells -- 12 Analgesia, anesthesia, and sedation.

Indications, contraindications, and common sense.