Odell's Clinical Problem Solving in Dentistry
- 5th Edition - October 8, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Avijit Banerjee, Selvam Thavaraj
- Language: English
Covering all core aspects of oral healthcare delivery, Odell's Clinical Problem Solving in Dentistry, 5th Edition, provides a step-by-step guide to personalised care planning an… Read more
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Description
Description
Covering all core aspects of oral healthcare delivery, Odell's Clinical Problem Solving in Dentistry, 5th Edition, provides a step-by-step guide to personalised care planning and the management of a wide variety of clinical case scenarios encountered in the primary and secondary dental care setting. This highly visual text uses a clinically useful, practically applied format to assist with efficient learning and easy application in clinical practice, making it useful to all general dental practitioners and dental therapists, both qualified and in training, undergraduates or postgraduates alike.
Key features
Key features
- Explores staged, personalised care planning and treatment alternatives for a multitude of clinical cases, evaluates their advantages and disadvantages, and discusses dento-legal implications
- Integrates material from all oral and dental disciplines, covering an extensive range of clinical problems likely to be encountered in daily primary and secondary care practice
- Includes cases relevant to new techniques and issues such as implantology, use of CAD-CAM and CBCT (Cone Beam Computed Tomography), and artificial intelligence
- Includes new cases on Peri-implantitis Management, Multiple Jaw Radiolucencies, Restorative Management of the Older Adult, Assisted Intelligence, and Conflict Resolution within the Oral Healthcare Team
- Contains more than 350 colour illustrations, artwork, and tables presenting clinical, diagnostic, and practical information in an easy-to-follow manner
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Readership
Readership
Undergraduate dentistry students, early postgraduate dentistry students
Table of contents
Table of contents
Case 1 A High-Caries-Rate/High-Risk-Susceptibility Patient
Case 2 A Multilocular Radiolucency
Case 3 An Unpleasant Surprise
Case 4 Gingival Recession
Case 5 Class III Incisor Relationship With Multiple Missing Front Teeth: A Multidisciplinary Challenge
Case 6 An Unsettled Patient
Case 7 A Dry Mouth
Case 8 Painful Trismus
Case 9 A Deep Carious Lesion
Case 10 A Lump on the Gingiva
Case 11 Pain on Biting
Case 12 CAD/CAM Fixed Prosthodontics
Case 13 Sudden Collapse
Case 14 A Reluctant Young Child
Case 15 Pain After Extraction
Case 16 A Numb Lip
Case 17 A Discoloured Anterior Tooth
Case 18 A Sore Cheek and A Runny Nose
Case 19 Troublesome Mouth Ulcers
Case 20 A Lump in the Neck
Case 21 Trauma Causing Displacement of an Upper Central Incisor
Case 22 An Unconscious Patient
Case 23 A Tooth Lost At Teatime
Case 24 A Problem Overdenture
Case 25 Impacted Lower Third Molars
Case 26 A Patient Presenting With an Avulsed Central Incisor
Case 27 Discoloured Anterior Teeth
Case 28 A Sore Mouth and Fever
Case 29 Radiographs Required
Case 30 Whose Fault is It This Time?
Case 31 Ouch!
Case 32 Pericoronitis and a Swollen Face
Case 33 First Permanent Molars
Case 34 A Sore Mouth
Case 35 A Failed Bridge
Case 36 Skateboarding Accident?
Case 37 An Adverse Reaction
Case 38 Advanced Periodontitis
Case 39 Fractured Incisors
Case 40 An Anxious Patient
Case 41 Blisters in the Mouth
Case 42 Will You See My Son?
Case 43 Bridge Design
Case 44 Bleeding Risk?
Case 45 A White Patch On the Tongue
Case 46 A Red and White Patch On the Tongue
Case 47 Molar Endodontic Treatment
Case 48 An Endodontic Problem
Case 49 A Swollen Face
Case 50 Missing Upper Lateral Incisors
Case 51 Successful Interceptive Orthodontics of a Class III Incisor Relationship in the Mixed Dentition
Case 52 Localized Periodontitis?
Case 53 Unexpected Findings
Case 54 A Gap Between the Front Teeth
Case 55 A Lump in the Palate
Case 56 Rapid Breakdown of First Permanent Molars (Molar–Incisor Hypomineralization)
Case 57 Oral Cancer
Case 58 A Complicated Extraction
Case 59 Difficulty Opening the Mouth
Case 60 Erosive Tooth Wear
Case 61 Worn Front Teeth
Case 62 A Case of Toothache
Case 63 A Child With a Swollen Face
Case 64 Recurrent Neck Swelling
Case 65 Failed Endodontic Treatment
Case 66 A Pain in the Head
Case 67 Aggressive Tooth Decay
Case 68 Should I Repair or Replace These Restorations?—the ‘5Rs’
Case 69 Implant Planning
Case 70 Domiciliary Dental Care
Case 71 Managing Complaints
Case 72 Loose Dentures/Resorbed Ridge Form
Case 73 ’Invisible’ Braces: Two Different Appliances Using 3D CAD/CAM Technology
Case 74 Swollen Lips
Case 75 Failing Implant Restoration
Case 76 Multiple Jaw Radiolucencies
Case 77 Management of Peri-Implantitis
Case 78 Restorative Management of the Older Adult
Case 79 Assisted Intelligence
Case 80 Managing Challenging Interactions at Work
Index
Case 2 A Multilocular Radiolucency
Case 3 An Unpleasant Surprise
Case 4 Gingival Recession
Case 5 Class III Incisor Relationship With Multiple Missing Front Teeth: A Multidisciplinary Challenge
Case 6 An Unsettled Patient
Case 7 A Dry Mouth
Case 8 Painful Trismus
Case 9 A Deep Carious Lesion
Case 10 A Lump on the Gingiva
Case 11 Pain on Biting
Case 12 CAD/CAM Fixed Prosthodontics
Case 13 Sudden Collapse
Case 14 A Reluctant Young Child
Case 15 Pain After Extraction
Case 16 A Numb Lip
Case 17 A Discoloured Anterior Tooth
Case 18 A Sore Cheek and A Runny Nose
Case 19 Troublesome Mouth Ulcers
Case 20 A Lump in the Neck
Case 21 Trauma Causing Displacement of an Upper Central Incisor
Case 22 An Unconscious Patient
Case 23 A Tooth Lost At Teatime
Case 24 A Problem Overdenture
Case 25 Impacted Lower Third Molars
Case 26 A Patient Presenting With an Avulsed Central Incisor
Case 27 Discoloured Anterior Teeth
Case 28 A Sore Mouth and Fever
Case 29 Radiographs Required
Case 30 Whose Fault is It This Time?
Case 31 Ouch!
Case 32 Pericoronitis and a Swollen Face
Case 33 First Permanent Molars
Case 34 A Sore Mouth
Case 35 A Failed Bridge
Case 36 Skateboarding Accident?
Case 37 An Adverse Reaction
Case 38 Advanced Periodontitis
Case 39 Fractured Incisors
Case 40 An Anxious Patient
Case 41 Blisters in the Mouth
Case 42 Will You See My Son?
Case 43 Bridge Design
Case 44 Bleeding Risk?
Case 45 A White Patch On the Tongue
Case 46 A Red and White Patch On the Tongue
Case 47 Molar Endodontic Treatment
Case 48 An Endodontic Problem
Case 49 A Swollen Face
Case 50 Missing Upper Lateral Incisors
Case 51 Successful Interceptive Orthodontics of a Class III Incisor Relationship in the Mixed Dentition
Case 52 Localized Periodontitis?
Case 53 Unexpected Findings
Case 54 A Gap Between the Front Teeth
Case 55 A Lump in the Palate
Case 56 Rapid Breakdown of First Permanent Molars (Molar–Incisor Hypomineralization)
Case 57 Oral Cancer
Case 58 A Complicated Extraction
Case 59 Difficulty Opening the Mouth
Case 60 Erosive Tooth Wear
Case 61 Worn Front Teeth
Case 62 A Case of Toothache
Case 63 A Child With a Swollen Face
Case 64 Recurrent Neck Swelling
Case 65 Failed Endodontic Treatment
Case 66 A Pain in the Head
Case 67 Aggressive Tooth Decay
Case 68 Should I Repair or Replace These Restorations?—the ‘5Rs’
Case 69 Implant Planning
Case 70 Domiciliary Dental Care
Case 71 Managing Complaints
Case 72 Loose Dentures/Resorbed Ridge Form
Case 73 ’Invisible’ Braces: Two Different Appliances Using 3D CAD/CAM Technology
Case 74 Swollen Lips
Case 75 Failing Implant Restoration
Case 76 Multiple Jaw Radiolucencies
Case 77 Management of Peri-Implantitis
Case 78 Restorative Management of the Older Adult
Case 79 Assisted Intelligence
Case 80 Managing Challenging Interactions at Work
Index
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 5
- Latest edition
- Published: February 8, 2027
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
Avijit Banerjee
Editor
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Cariology and Operative Dentistry/Hon Consultant, Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London, UKSelvam Thavaraj
Editor
Affiliations and expertise
Lecturer in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Consultant Oral Pathologist, King’s College London Dental Institute at Guy’s, King’s College and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, UK