Designed to familiarize the technician or student with the structures of the mouth and their functions, this manual's primary emphasis is directed to the teeth, with consideration given to the surrounding and related anatomical structures. The final pages deal with a wax build-up technique closely related to some procedures used in fixed prosthodontia.

The Fundamental Series consists of subject review books summarizing basic principles in various disciplines of learning. They are ideal study guide companions to our PASSBOOK Q&A test preparation books, providing subject area text review.

Before they work on real patients, it is important for dental students to practice treatments on phantom lab heads and ivory teeth. While dental simulators are available for specific areas, such as restorative dentistry and prosthetics, they are not available in all dental colleges because the high expenses. Fortunately, this book helps to simulate the operative dental cases for dental students and their supervisors in a phantom lab. The book includes more than eight hundred high-resolution images, illustrations, and tables. Tools and instruments are explained as well as the common terms used in operative dentistry. Simulating systems for caries lesions and their corresponding restorative treatments are shown in the phantom lab. Radiographic images and clinical photos are included to help students make the correct caries lesions diagnosis. From easy procedures, such as practical step-by-step rubber dam techniques to retainer application, and teeth preparation and correspondent restorations with amalgam or composite restoration, this book is an important resource for prospective dentists and those new to the field.

Anesthetic complications, which range from simple annoyances to patient mortality, are inevitable, given the many and complex interactions of doctor, patient, personnel, and facility. Anesthesia Complications in the Dental Office helps dentists minimize the frequency and severity of adverse events by providing concise and clinically relevant information that can be put to everyday use. Anesthesia Complications in the Dental Office presents the most up-to-date information on treating anesthesia complications and medical emergencies. Drs. Bosack and Lieblich and a team of expert contributors discuss patient risk assessment; considerations for special needs and medically compromised patients; routinely administered anesthetic agents; adversities that can arise before, during, and after administration of anesthesia; and emergency drugs and equipment. A must-have reference for every dental office.