
Churchill's Pocketbooks Clinical Dentistry
- 4th Edition - June 20, 2017
- Latest edition
- Author: Crispian Scully
- Language: English
The new edition of this highly successful pocketbook continues to offer readers the essentials of clinical dentistry in quick reference format. Authored by a team of experienced cl… Read more
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The new edition of this highly successful pocketbook continues to offer readers the essentials of clinical dentistry in quick reference format. Authored by a team of experienced clinicians and teachers from individual specialities, Churchill’s Pocketbook of Clinical Dentistry 4e will be ideal for all dental students, both from within the UK and worldwide.
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- Places emphasis on information of practical clinical significance to maximise usefulness by the chairside!
- Authored by a team of experienced clinicians and teachers to ensure the most accurate and current information is provided for a given topic
- Quick reference format makes revision and learning easy
- Exclamation mark icon draws attention to important points and likely pitfalls for the inexperienced practitioner
- Improved page design and reorganised content make the book easy to use and navigate
- Tailored to meet current examination requirements
- Ideal for use as an aide-memoire prior to carrying out clinical tasks or to enable readers to apprise themselves of important details prior to tutorials and seminars
- Perfect for dental students at both the undergraduate and post-graduate level
Undergraduate and post-graduate dental students - including candidates for the ORE and MJDF examinations - and newly qualified general dental practitioners
1. Dental public health, epidemiology and prevention
2. Social and psychological aspects of dental care
3. Dental disease
4. The dental team
5. Law, ethics and quality dental care
6. Practice management
7. History and examination
8. Dental radiology
9. Pain and anxiety management
10. Drug prescribing and therapeutics
11. Dental materials
12. Implantology
13. Oral medicine
14. Oral and maxillofacial surgery
15. Orthodontics
16. Paediatric dentistry
17. Periodontology
18. Removable prosthodontics
19. Operative dentistry
20. Special care dentistry
21. Medical emergencies
"Another handy, plastic-covered pocketbook from Churchill Livingstone, this is primarily – but not exclusively – aimed at dental students. It is a comprehensive book and just as useful for more-recently qualified dentists and can be used as a revision text for experienced dentists." --BDA News, Vol 20, no 10, October 2007
"This book is very good for new dental students starting out. It’s a great help to me! --RL Burgess, 1st year Dental Student, Ireland, 2 April 2009 5 stars on Amazon
"The Churchill’s Pocketbook of Clinical Dentistry is brilliant – far better than the Oxford Handbook! --St John Crean, Robert Bradlaw Advisor, RCS Eng. [personal communication]
"The content of the Churchill book is far more relevant and detailed than the OUP book and covers a wider range of topics.
Curriculum coverage? If this volume is indeed aimed at dental students, and recently graduated GDP’s, than the book is extremely relevant and manages to cover a wide range of topics in adequate detail." --Sarah Kaddour, ST1, Oral Medicine
"I think the book is completely relevant to the undergraduate dental curriculum as it prepares you well for the final exams – and this is what everything should be geared towards. It ticks all the boxes and is obviously a well thought out book in that respect.
The book keeps true to the pocketbook style and covers all key areas of clinical dentistry well, so I really cannot fault it on its approach or philosophy.
It is easy to read as it is logically ordered into headings and subheadings. The paper used is high quality and makes the text easier to read against the white background. The diagrams are great and are the best factor in helping the understanding of the text.
When comparing topics across the Oxford Handbook and the Churchill book, I find that the latter has slightly better content coverage both in terms of learning and understanding. The book also has great diagrams, so keep them coming!" --Jasneet Gulati, 5th year BDS student, Sheffield
"The book is completely relevant to the curriculum and follows and picks up on the basic themes that are outlined in the ‘First 5 years’ as set out by the GDC and expands on most of the information too. It doesn’t provide any overly abstract information that could be detrimental to students but rather provides a suitable base for anyone to pick up information.
The Churchill book is really expansive in terms of the information it provides and goes into somewhat more detail than the Oxford in its subsections." --Sami Stagnelli, ST3, Oral Medicine
- Edition: 4
- Latest edition
- Published: June 20, 2017
- Language: English
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Crispian Scully
Crispian Scully is Past-President of the International Academy of Oral Oncology, European Association of Oral Medicine, British Society for Oral Medicine and British Society of Disability and Oral Health, he has served as Dean in Bristol and UCL; on the General Dental Council; on the Councils of the Royals colleges in Glasgow and Edinburgh; and on committees of NICE and CRUK, He has written and edited over 45 books, written over 150 book chapters and has over 1000 papers cited on MEDLINE. He has received the CBE, University of Helsinki Medal of Honour, University of Santiago de Compostela Medal, University of Granada Medal, Fellowship of UCL, and honorary degrees from the Universities of Athens, Granada, Helsinki and Pretoria. He has received the UK Dental Award for the Most Outstanding Achievements in Dentistry, the Awards of the Spanish Society for Oral Medicine and the Hellenic Society for Oral Medicine, and the International Award of the Spanish Society for Oral Surgery.