Radiography and Radiology for Dental Care Professionals

4. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-7020-7683-1
Verlag: Churchill Livingstone

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 680 g

Written in an easy-to-read, accessible manner and now with a new colour design to aid learning, each page has been carefully designed to ensure clarity of understanding to enable both confidence and safety in the clinical situation and exam success. Radiography, radiation protection and interpretation of dental diseases are addressed and accompanied by a range of online self-assessment exercises.
Suitable for all Dental Care Professionals, this book has become essential reading for all those preparing to undertake examinations in dental radiography and who intend to undertake clinical imaging as part of their day-to-day practice. - New and updated online self-assessment questions and answers
- New sections on normal anatomy for occlusal, periapical and panoramic radiographs
- Updated sections on caries and periodontal disease
- Presented in full colour to aid navigation and visual understanding of the subject area
- Clear and accessible approach to the subject makes learning and understanding especially easy
- More than 600 tables and illustrations present clinical, diagnostic and practical information in an easy-to-understand manner - Written by two nationally and internationally known and respected experts in the field of dental radiography and radiology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whaites, Eric

Drage, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Zahnmedizin Zahnmedizin: Radiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Introduction

1 The radiographic Image

Part 2 Radiation physics, equipment and radiation protection

2 The production, properties and interactions of X-rays

3 Dental X-ray generating equipment

4 Radiation dose, dosimetry and dose limitation

5 The biological effects associated with X-rays, risk and practical radiation protection

Part 3 Radiography

6 Dental radiography - general patient considerations including control of infection

7 Periapical radiography

8 Bitewing radiography

9 Occlusal radiography

10 Oblique lateral radiography

11 Cephalometric radiography

12 Tomography and panoramic radiography

13 Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)

14 The quality of radiographic images and quality assurance

15 Radiographic assessment and localization of unerupted maxillary canines

Part 4 Radiology

16 Introduction to radiological interpretation

17 Dental caries and the assessment of restorations

18 The periapical tissues

19 The periodontal tissues and periodontal disease

20 Implant assessment

21 Atlas of diseases and abnormalities affecting the jaws

Bibliography and suggested reading

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Whaites, Eric
Eric Whaites heads up the Unit of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiological Imaging at King's College London Dental Institute based at Guy's Hospital in London as a Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant. He qualified from Guy's Hospital Dental School in 1978. Following a couple of years in general dental practice, he returned to Guy's in 1981 and the following year obtained his Fellowship in Dental Surgery (FDS) from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, in 1984 he obtained his MSc in Dental Radiology from the University of London and in 1990 obtained his Diploma in Dental Radiology (DDR) from the Royal College of Radiologists. Eric was awarded his Fellowship (FRCR) without examination by the Royal College of Radiologists in 2002 and the following year was awarded FDS ad eundem by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Eric is registered on the General Dental Council's specialist list for Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology. He is a former President of the British Society of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology (BSDMFR), former President of the European Academy of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology (EADMFR), former member of the DDR Examining Board of the Royal College of Radiologists and former Regional Adviser on Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology to the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Eric is a well known national and international lecturer on all aspects of dental and maxillofacial radiology.

Drage, Nicholas
Nicholas Drage is a Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology at the University Dental Hospital in Cardiff. He qualified from Guy's Dental School in 1989 and, after a year in general dental practice, spent four years in junior hospital posts in various specialities including oral and maxillofacial surgery obtaining his Fellowship in Dental Surgery (FDS) from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1994. He worked in the Unit of Dental Radiology at Guy's Hospital for seven years from 1995-2002, firstly as a specialist registrar and then as a lecturer. He obtained his Diploma in Dental Radiology from the Royal College of Radiologists in 1997. Nicholas is registered on the General Dental Council's specialist list for Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology, has headed up the Unit of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology within the University Dental Hospital in Cardiff since 2002 and is currently a member of the Diploma in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology (DDMFR) Examining Board of the Royal College of Radiologists. He is responsible for teaching the BDS dental imaging course and lectures on a number of additional post-graduate radiological and radiation protection courses across the UK. He is President-elect of the British Society of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology (BSDMFR).