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NEWS
RECOGNISING THE EARLY STAGES OF DEMENTIA THROUGH ORAL HEALTH
PRESIDENTIAL ROUND UP
Bertie Napier is the new President of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He replaces outgoing President Anoop Maini.
Jane Dalgarno is the new President of the British Association of Dental Nurses. She replaces outgoing President Fiona Ellwood.
Dr Robin Mills is the new President of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry. He replaces outgoing President Dr Janice Fearne.
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BOOK REVIEW
PICKARDS GUIDE TO MINIMALLY INVASIVE OPERATIVE DENTISTRY, 10TH EDITION BR5776
Avijit Banerjee and Timothy F. Watson Oxford University Pressprice 44.99 pp 200ISBN 9780198712091
Pickards Guide has long been held in high regard, as one of the mainstays for simple operative dentistry and the latest edition certainly doesnt disappoint.
The book provides an excellent overview of the full range of topics related to this area of dentistry and is cleverly structured into well-dened sections. Each chapter begins with a short introduction including clear objectives, allowing the reader to understand what information will be covered. Alongside this, each chapter is dotted with self-test questions; the answers to which are included at the end of each section, encouraging the reader to develop and test their knowledge as they go.
The book starts with an introduction to dental hard tissue pathologies, covering caries, tooth wear, developmental defects and trauma, and providing clear descriptions and denitions of key terms. Aside from the technical aspects of operative dentistry, this useful book also includes chapters providing information on disease prevention, infection control and aesthetics.