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Annotations The fo llo w in g annotations have been pre pared by th e staff. The purpose o f these annotations is to provide im mediate, brief d escriptions o f new publications. Many of th e books listed here w ill be reviewed at length in later issues o f THE JOURNAL. The title s preceded by an asterisk are available from th e ADA library.
*D ental Exam ination Review Book, Volum e I Alvin F. Gardner, editor. T h ird edition. 315 pages. $7.50. Flushing, NY, M edical Exam ination Publishing Co., Inc., 1971.
In the first volum e o f this three-vol ume set, there are 2,324 multiplechoice questions and referenced an swers on anatomy, microbiology, physiology, pathology, oral histology and embryology, biochemistry, nu trition, and dental anatomy.
Samuel Dreizen. 11-page script, tape cassette, 118 slides. New York, McGraw-Hill BookCo., 1971.
*D ental Exam ination Review Book, Volum e 3
The slides in this audiovisual presen tation show a variety o f stomatologic signs o f diseases. The viewer can control the speed at which the m a terial is presented. Signs o f infectious, metabolic, dermatologic, and aller gic diseases, as well as diseases o f the connective tissues, and signs o f drug reactions, stress stomatitis, and genet ic disorders are illustrated. A selfassessment test is included.
Alvin F. Gardner, editor. 348 pages, $7.50. Flushing, NY, M edical Exam ination P ublishing Co., Inc., 1971.
Volum e 3, the latest addition to the set o f review books, includes 3,433 multiple-choice questions and refer enced answers on pedodontics, orth odontics, oral pathology, oral radi ography, periodontics, endodontics, and dental materials.
*EI Tratam iento de las Fracturas de la M andíbula los M axilares el Cigoma A ntonio Reyes-Guerra Jr. 197 pages w ith illu stra tio n s. Index. New York, Author, 1970.
In this illustrated guide, a new clasification o f mandibular and m axil lary fractures is proposed.
*Tooth Enamel II Ronald W. Fearnhead and M aurice V. Stack, editors. 252 pages w ith illu stra tion s. Index. $31. B ristol, John W right & Sons Ltd, 1971.
*D ental M aterials John Farrell. 121 pages. Index. £1.75. London, H enry Kim pton Publishers, 1971.
This book reports the proceedings o f a Second International Symposium on the Composition, Properties, and Fundamental Structure o f Tooth Enamel, held in London, June 16 and 17, 1969.
Students, dentists, and technicians who want to know about the dental materials they use will be interested in this soft-cover handbook designed for reference and review.
*D ental Exam ination Review Book, Volum e 2 P hotographic A n a to m yo fth e H u m a n Body
*De Dentium A ffe ctib u s
Alvin F. Gardner, editor. Second edition. 309 pages. $7.50. Flush ing, NY, Medical Examination Publish ing Co., Inc., 1971.
C. Yokochi. 101 pages w ith illu stra tio n s. $12.50. B a lti more, U niversity Park Press, 1971.
The second volum e o f this set in cludes 2,306 multiple-choice ques tions and referenced answers on op erative dentistry, pharmacology, com plete denture prosthodontics, partial denture prosthodontics, crown and bridge prosthodontics, oral sur gery, and anesthesia.
This anatomy book features full co l or photographs o f actual human specimens instead o f an artist’s ren ditions. The photographs, including cut-aways and cross-sectional views o f com plete torsos, are o f freshly prepared sections and organs, rath er than o f stored cadavers.
Peter Monau. (German translation by C urt Gerhard Lorber). 40 pages. Cologne, Bayer Dental Depart m ent, 1970.
This translation o f the earliest known inaugural dissertation devoted to dentistry includes photographs o f the original work on pages facing the translation. The monograph ends with a biography o f Monau. JADA, Vol. 84, February 1972 ■ 4 0 5
*D ie Erste Zahnung in der G eschichte des Aberglaubens der Voksm edizin und Medizin
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Joachim Gabka and Friedrich von Z glinicki. 190 pages w ith illu s tra tio n s. DM 87; De Luxe edition DM 214. Berlin and Chicago, Buch- und Zeitschriften-Verlag “ Die Q uintessenz” , 1971.
T itles preceded by an asterisk are a va il able on loan from th e Association’s Bureau o f Library Services at no charge. Books m ay be purchased through the Bureau at lis t price. Illin o is residents should add 5% Retailers Use Tax to th e purchase price o f books.
Changes in the public and profession al approach to the deciduous denti tion are recorded from the time o f folk medicine to the present. The role which superstition has taken in this symptom o f growth is described The illustrations, many in color, date from 1790 and the extensive bibli ography dates from 1717.
*Advanced Dental H istology W. A. Gaunt, J. W. Osborn, A. R. Ten Cate. Second edition. 129 pages with illu s trations. $7.75. Bristol, John W right & Sons Ltd, 1971.
The second edition o f this soft-cover book has been almost completely revised because o f advances in the subject o f histology. Most chapters have been rewritten, the references have been expanded, and illustra tions have been revised. Chapters on collagen and bone have been added.
*N ational Health Insurance. Proceedings of th e Conference on National Health In surance. Robert D. Eilers and Sue S. Moyerman, editors. 336 pages. Index. $8. Homewood, III, R ichard D. Irw in, Inc., 1971.
This book contains the proceedings o f a conference on national health insurance sponsored by the Leonard Davis Institute o f Health Economics at the University o f Pennsylvania, N ov 12 and 13, 1970. The impact o f specific national health insurance proposals in the areas o f the con sumer, costs, health care providers, and financing are emphasized. 4 0 6 ■ JADA, Vol. 84, February 1972
backgrounds and experience. Such an exchange o f knowledge can only lead to advancement o f the specialty. The book is printed on good paper and is easy to read. It should be o f interest to all oral surgeons and resi dents in oral surgery training pro grams.
Robert B. Shira
*0 ra l M edicine, Diagnosis and Treatm ent *0 ra l Surgery. T ransactions o f th e T hird Inte rn a tio n al Conference Robert V. Walker, editor. 581 pages w ith illu stra tio n s. $28.75. Baltim ore, W illiam s & W ilkin s Co., 1971.
This book represents a wide variety o f oral surgery subjects presented by oral surgeons from all parts o f the world. It is a compilation o f the papers presented at the Third Inter national Conference on Oral Sur gery held in N ew York in 1968. The conference presented three main symposiums entitled: “Pathol ogy and Management o f Ameloblas tomas,” “The Open Bite Deformity,” and “Pre-Prosthetic Surgery.” In addition, many other papers were presented on various subjects. The author has combined this last group o f papers and the papers o f the sym posiums into six chapters: Surgical treatment o f mandibulofacial anom alies; pre-prosthetic surgery; oral pathology and surgical pathology; odontogenic surgery; medical con siderations in oral surgery; and re search. Many o f the articles are well written and present original theories and techniques. The wide experience o f the authors and the many tech niques presented permit the reader to compare different approaches to the clinical and pathological prob lems. The author has made no edi torial comment, hence the reader must use his own judgment in eval uating the content o f the papers. Several controversial subjects are covered and divergent points o f view are expressed. The real value o f the book is that it assembles in one volume the works o f many oral surgeons with various
Lester W. Burket. Sixth edition. 730 pages w ith 4 66 illu s trations. Index. $24. Philadelphia, J. B. Lip p in co tt, 1971.
This is the sixth edition o f a wellknown, time-tested book. The pub lisher says that this revision is the most extensive since its initial pub lication. The author gives ample recognition to his collaborators and credits the entire oral m edicine de partment o f his school for this edi tion. Emphasis is placed on the inter relationships between systemic and oral disease. Opportunities are sug gested for more cooperation be tween the dentist and physician for the improvement o f total health care. Much more emphasis is placed on diseases o f the ambulatory patient. But the excellent bibliography af fords the opportunity for in-depth study o f the problems o f the bed ridden patient. The color atlas has been deleted in this edition; this al lows expansion o f the text material related to diagnosis and treatment. The number o f sections has been reduced; this actually is logical and simplifies the approach to the con tents. The section on oral cancer has had minimal revision yet still re mains a meaningful contribution. The section on “Disorders o f the Temporomandibular Joint and Related Structures” is outstanding. This comprehensive discussion is well organized and illustrated. It includes examples o f various dis orders o f the temporomandibular joint complex with symptomatology and suggested treatment regimens. The chapter on vesicular and bul lous lesions has been expanded to
contain also ulcerative lesions. A l though the illustrations remain es sentially unchanged, there has been revision o f the text substance. The chapter on laboratory procedures reflects a major revision. The den tist and the dental student will find this part meaningful and under standable. Burket, his collaborators, and colleagues are to be congratulated. They have revised a well-known book. The revisions appear to be carefully planned and do not inter fere with the traditional approach. Indeed, the sixth edition should take its place as a reference and textbook for physicians and dentists as well as students o f both profes sions. Ingram W. Ogden
*G rant’s M ethod o f Anatomy John V. Basmajian. Eighth edition. 665 pages with illu s tra tions. Index. $15.50. Baltim ore, W illiam s & W ilkins, Co. 1971.
Systematic review o f the eighth edi tion o f Grant’s M ethods o f Anatomy reveals it to be as well organized, clearly written, and as interesting as it was some years ago when it served as m y first introduction to gross anat omy. The format is bolder than that o f the seventh edition, with slightly larger type, a redesign o f chapter headings, and bold print at the be ginning o f sections or paragraphs. Sections that were previously in small print are now more integral parts o f the narrative because o f a type size closer to that o f the regular text. The new design also permits close approximation o f illustrations and their descriptions. N ew illustra tions have been added (for example, referred pain, greater saphenous vein, role o f adductors o f thigh during hip flexion) that are helpful to the reader. The text has been shortened, but the best o f Grant’s logic and explan ations have been preserved. Although no textbook will fulfill the require ments o f various formats o f all new er currículums in gross anatomy,
much o f Grant’s eighth edition will adapt readily to a variety o f courses. For example, the systemic review at the beginning o f the textbook pre sents fundamental terminology and basic information for any student, whether he is in a systemic, regional, or multidisciplinary course o f any number o f hours. H is axioms and general principles (for example, sides o f safety and danger for nerve origins), which for years have been useful for the student o f anatomy, are even m ore useful today when students are searching for fundamen tal concepts and clinical or functional applications o f the discipline. Illus trations, both simple and detailed, are clearly labeled. Developmental considerations are used where ap propriate and are still classic in sim plicity and clarity o f expression. A s suggestions for future revisions, these points might be considered. While no harm is done to anatomic accuracy, a few instances o f tele ology arise in which a revision o f phrases would be more acceptable to the student o f function. For exam ple, in the description o f the supi nator muscles, muscle fibers do not take a direction antagonistic to the pronator muscle because that m us cle is a pronator. Rather, because the fibers o f the supinator muscle are at right angles to the pronator muscle, the supinator muscle can function in the opposite direction, that is, it can supinate the forearm. It would be helpful to have a more adequate description o f inguinal her nia (both direct and indirect) and a discussion o f femoral hernias. The student o f today (perhaps as well as o f yesterday) is more apt to study the detailed morphology o f a region if he can understand the clinical reasons for its importance. The sec tion on the perineum might be im proved by concomitant consideration o f frontal and sagittal sections corre sponding closely with views o f the perineal aspect. The author is to be congratulated on preserving the best o f Grant’s original treatment and on continu ing to update and to modernize the changes that were evident in the seventh edition. It is a pleasure to see
the truths o f the past continued in a m ore modern and appealing setting. The eighth edition o f Grant’s M ethod o f Anatomy is destined to continue as a leading text and will surely sur vive the hazards o f modern curricu lum revision. Charles E. Blevins
*Tem porary and Sem iperm anent S p lin t ing: An Atlas o f C linical Procedures Andrejs Baumhammers. 117 pages w ith 124 illu stra tio n s. Index. $9.25. S pringfield, III, CharlesC Thomas, 1971.
T o splint or not to splint is a con troversial issue, the pros and cons o f which are not discussed in this book. The author limits his presen tation to describing concisely the clinical procedures for various tem porary and semipermanent splints for use on periodontally involved m obile teeth; use o f these splints also would apply to teeth loosened by traumatic injuries. The book is written for the general practitioner and the student preparing for gen eral practice. The author has selected those techniques that are tried and practical and that have stood the test o f time in his experience. In the introduction, splints are classified into extracoronal splints and intracoronal splints; the steps in periodontal therapy that should accompany the use o f splints are listed. The next 57 pages describe these extracoronal splints: plastic reinforced wire splints, bar-wireplastic splints, plastic occlusal splints, prosthetic gingival stents, continu ous cast clasp splints, swing-lock removable partial prostheses, and orthodontic band splints. The next 34 pages describe these types o f intracoronal splints: A-splints, amalgam splints, and provisional periodontal prostheses. A final chap ter o f IV2 pages deals with manage ment o f temporary and semiper manent splinting. Each splinting technique is simply described in a step-by-step procedure, and is well illustrated with drawings and photo graphs. A selected bibliography is
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given at the end o f each chapter for further reference should the reader require it. The publisher’s attention should be drawn to some production er rors. On page 36, Hawley is incor rectly spelled. In section four on page 61, the laboratory prescription calls for the first molar to be banded. This tooth was extracted in this case and the prescription should refer to banding the second molar. On page 45, figure 5-11 shows an ex posed crown margin on the right maxillary central incisor, but the caption refers to the left central in cisor. The author meets the objectives that he defines and the book should meet a need o f the practitioner seeking step-by-step instructions in temporary and semitemporary splinting techniques.
George E. Myers
Additions to the Library The books liste d here have been added re c e n tly to th e Bureau co llection. Requests for th is m aterial, available on loan to all m em bers o f th e Association, should be addressed to th e Bureau of Library Ser vices. There is no charge for borrowing books, but th e re is a charge o f three d o l lars ($3.00) for each package library. I l l i nois residents should add 5% Retailers Use Tax to th e purchase price o f books. Book prices are subject to change w ith o u t notice in accordance with changes in p u b lishers’ prices. P ra ctica lly all th e dental jo u rn a ls published in th e world at present are available to m em bers on loan. Lists o f books, package libraries, and journals are available on request.
Books basmajian,
j.v. G rant’s method of anat omy; descriptive and deductive by re gions. 8th ed. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1971. 707 p. $15.50.
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bernstein, t .m .
Miss Thistlebottom’s hobgoblins; the careful writer’s guide to the taboos, bugbears and outmoded rules of English usage. New York, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1971. 260 p. $6.95. CHERASKIN, EMANUEL & RINGSDORF, W.M. New hope for incurable diseases. New York, Exposition Press, 1971. 187 p. $6.50. eilers, r .d. & moerman, s.s., ed. N a tional health insurance; proceedings of the Conference on National Health Insurance. Sponsored by the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania. Home wood, ill, Irwin, 1971. 349 p. $8. european orthodontic society. Trans actions, forty-sixth congress, Hamburg, 20th-25th May, 1970. [The Hague, 1971] 601 p. $31.80. farrell, john. Dental materials; a hand book for students, practitioners and technicians. London, Kimpton, 1971. 134 p. galvin, t .j . Current problems in refer ence service. New York, Bowker, 1971. 162 p. international anesthesiology clinics, Spring 1971, Vol. 9, No. 1: Anesthesia in emergency surgery; Summer 1971, Vol. 9, No. 2: The use of computers for anesthesia teaching. Boston, Little, Brown, 1971. 2 v. mayfield , s.b. Effects of the lip bumper appliance on the mandibular first m o lars and incisors. (MS thesis— Uni versity of Minnesota.) [Minneapolis] 1971. 63 p. Photostat of typescript. novik, i.o. Bolezni zubov i slizistoi obolochki polosti rta u detei. Moscow, Meditsina, 1971. 456p. $5.40. o’shea, r.m. & cohen, l.k., ed. Toward a sociology of dentistry. (Milbank M e morial Fund quarterly, Vol. 49, No. 3, pt. 2 )New York, 1971. 236 p. $3. ROSENTHAL, WOLFGANG & OTHERS. Spezielle Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferchirurgie. 3d ed. Leipzig, Barth, 1971. 556 p. $21. sa rn a t, b.g. The face and jaws after sur gical experimentation with the septovomeral region in growing and adult rabbits. (Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Sup. 268.) Uppsala, Almqvist & Wiksell Periodical Co., 1970. 30 p. $10.50. to o th enam el ii: its composition, prop erties, and fundamental structure. Edited by R. W. Fearnhead and M. V. Stack. Report of the proceedings of a Secondlnternational Symposium, held at the London Hospital Medical Col
lege, 16 and 17 June, 1969. Bristol, Wright, 1971. 257 p. $31. uzhumetskene, i.i. Metody issledovaniia v ortodontii. Moscow. Medit sina, 1970. 199 p. $3. waldvogel, f .a. &others. Osteomyelitis; clinical features, therapeutic consider ations, and unusual aspects. Spring field, III. Thomas, 1971. 110 p. $8.25. wiebrecht, a.t . Crozat appliances in the complete treatment of a Class II mal occlusion. Milwaukee, WiebrechtCrozat Institute, 1971. 51 p.
Periodicals ALAFO ASOCIACION LATINOAMERICANA DE FACULTADES DE ODONTOLOGÍA BOLETIN bimestral de información. G uate mala, C. A. PHOTOGRAPHIC APPLICATIONS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE.. Hempstead, N Y.
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Annotations The fo llo w in g annotations have been pre pared by th e staff. The purpose o f these annotations is to provide im mediate, brief d escriptions o f new publications. Many of th e books listed here w ill be reviewed at length in later issues o f THE JOURNAL. The title s preceded by an asterisk are available from th e ADA library.
*D ental Exam ination Review Book, Volum e I Alvin F. Gardner, editor. T h ird edition. 315 pages. $7.50. Flushing, NY, M edical Exam ination Publishing Co., Inc., 1971.
In the first volum e o f this three-vol ume set, there are 2,324 multiplechoice questions and referenced an swers on anatomy, microbiology, physiology, pathology, oral histology and embryology, biochemistry, nu trition, and dental anatomy.
Samuel Dreizen. 11-page script, tape cassette, 118 slides. New York, McGraw-Hill BookCo., 1971.
*D ental Exam ination Review Book, Volum e 3
The slides in this audiovisual presen tation show a variety o f stomatologic signs o f diseases. The viewer can control the speed at which the m a terial is presented. Signs o f infectious, metabolic, dermatologic, and aller gic diseases, as well as diseases o f the connective tissues, and signs o f drug reactions, stress stomatitis, and genet ic disorders are illustrated. A selfassessment test is included.
Alvin F. Gardner, editor. 348 pages, $7.50. Flushing, NY, M edical Exam ination P ublishing Co., Inc., 1971.
Volum e 3, the latest addition to the set o f review books, includes 3,433 multiple-choice questions and refer enced answers on pedodontics, orth odontics, oral pathology, oral radi ography, periodontics, endodontics, and dental materials.
*EI Tratam iento de las Fracturas de la M andíbula los M axilares el Cigoma A ntonio Reyes-Guerra Jr. 197 pages w ith illu stra tio n s. Index. New York, Author, 1970.
In this illustrated guide, a new clasification o f mandibular and m axil lary fractures is proposed.
*Tooth Enamel II Ronald W. Fearnhead and M aurice V. Stack, editors. 252 pages w ith illu stra tion s. Index. $31. B ristol, John W right & Sons Ltd, 1971.
*D ental M aterials John Farrell. 121 pages. Index. £1.75. London, H enry Kim pton Publishers, 1971.
This book reports the proceedings o f a Second International Symposium on the Composition, Properties, and Fundamental Structure o f Tooth Enamel, held in London, June 16 and 17, 1969.
Students, dentists, and technicians who want to know about the dental materials they use will be interested in this soft-cover handbook designed for reference and review.
*D ental Exam ination Review Book, Volum e 2 P hotographic A n a to m yo fth e H u m a n Body
*De Dentium A ffe ctib u s
Alvin F. Gardner, editor. Second edition. 309 pages. $7.50. Flush ing, NY, Medical Examination Publish ing Co., Inc., 1971.
C. Yokochi. 101 pages w ith illu stra tio n s. $12.50. B a lti more, U niversity Park Press, 1971.
The second volum e o f this set in cludes 2,306 multiple-choice ques tions and referenced answers on op erative dentistry, pharmacology, com plete denture prosthodontics, partial denture prosthodontics, crown and bridge prosthodontics, oral sur gery, and anesthesia.
This anatomy book features full co l or photographs o f actual human specimens instead o f an artist’s ren ditions. The photographs, including cut-aways and cross-sectional views o f com plete torsos, are o f freshly prepared sections and organs, rath er than o f stored cadavers.
Peter Monau. (German translation by C urt Gerhard Lorber). 40 pages. Cologne, Bayer Dental Depart m ent, 1970.
This translation o f the earliest known inaugural dissertation devoted to dentistry includes photographs o f the original work on pages facing the translation. The monograph ends with a biography o f Monau. JADA, Vol. 84, February 1972 ■ 4 0 5
*D ie Erste Zahnung in der G eschichte des Aberglaubens der Voksm edizin und Medizin
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Joachim Gabka and Friedrich von Z glinicki. 190 pages w ith illu s tra tio n s. DM 87; De Luxe edition DM 214. Berlin and Chicago, Buch- und Zeitschriften-Verlag “ Die Q uintessenz” , 1971.
T itles preceded by an asterisk are a va il able on loan from th e Association’s Bureau o f Library Services at no charge. Books m ay be purchased through the Bureau at lis t price. Illin o is residents should add 5% Retailers Use Tax to th e purchase price o f books.
Changes in the public and profession al approach to the deciduous denti tion are recorded from the time o f folk medicine to the present. The role which superstition has taken in this symptom o f growth is described The illustrations, many in color, date from 1790 and the extensive bibli ography dates from 1717.
*Advanced Dental H istology W. A. Gaunt, J. W. Osborn, A. R. Ten Cate. Second edition. 129 pages with illu s trations. $7.75. Bristol, John W right & Sons Ltd, 1971.
The second edition o f this soft-cover book has been almost completely revised because o f advances in the subject o f histology. Most chapters have been rewritten, the references have been expanded, and illustra tions have been revised. Chapters on collagen and bone have been added.
*N ational Health Insurance. Proceedings of th e Conference on National Health In surance. Robert D. Eilers and Sue S. Moyerman, editors. 336 pages. Index. $8. Homewood, III, R ichard D. Irw in, Inc., 1971.
This book contains the proceedings o f a conference on national health insurance sponsored by the Leonard Davis Institute o f Health Economics at the University o f Pennsylvania, N ov 12 and 13, 1970. The impact o f specific national health insurance proposals in the areas o f the con sumer, costs, health care providers, and financing are emphasized. 4 0 6 ■ JADA, Vol. 84, February 1972
backgrounds and experience. Such an exchange o f knowledge can only lead to advancement o f the specialty. The book is printed on good paper and is easy to read. It should be o f interest to all oral surgeons and resi dents in oral surgery training pro grams.
Robert B. Shira
*0 ra l M edicine, Diagnosis and Treatm ent *0 ra l Surgery. T ransactions o f th e T hird Inte rn a tio n al Conference Robert V. Walker, editor. 581 pages w ith illu stra tio n s. $28.75. Baltim ore, W illiam s & W ilkin s Co., 1971.
This book represents a wide variety o f oral surgery subjects presented by oral surgeons from all parts o f the world. It is a compilation o f the papers presented at the Third Inter national Conference on Oral Sur gery held in N ew York in 1968. The conference presented three main symposiums entitled: “Pathol ogy and Management o f Ameloblas tomas,” “The Open Bite Deformity,” and “Pre-Prosthetic Surgery.” In addition, many other papers were presented on various subjects. The author has combined this last group o f papers and the papers o f the sym posiums into six chapters: Surgical treatment o f mandibulofacial anom alies; pre-prosthetic surgery; oral pathology and surgical pathology; odontogenic surgery; medical con siderations in oral surgery; and re search. Many o f the articles are well written and present original theories and techniques. The wide experience o f the authors and the many tech niques presented permit the reader to compare different approaches to the clinical and pathological prob lems. The author has made no edi torial comment, hence the reader must use his own judgment in eval uating the content o f the papers. Several controversial subjects are covered and divergent points o f view are expressed. The real value o f the book is that it assembles in one volume the works o f many oral surgeons with various
Lester W. Burket. Sixth edition. 730 pages w ith 4 66 illu s trations. Index. $24. Philadelphia, J. B. Lip p in co tt, 1971.
This is the sixth edition o f a wellknown, time-tested book. The pub lisher says that this revision is the most extensive since its initial pub lication. The author gives ample recognition to his collaborators and credits the entire oral m edicine de partment o f his school for this edi tion. Emphasis is placed on the inter relationships between systemic and oral disease. Opportunities are sug gested for more cooperation be tween the dentist and physician for the improvement o f total health care. Much more emphasis is placed on diseases o f the ambulatory patient. But the excellent bibliography af fords the opportunity for in-depth study o f the problems o f the bed ridden patient. The color atlas has been deleted in this edition; this al lows expansion o f the text material related to diagnosis and treatment. The number o f sections has been reduced; this actually is logical and simplifies the approach to the con tents. The section on oral cancer has had minimal revision yet still re mains a meaningful contribution. The section on “Disorders o f the Temporomandibular Joint and Related Structures” is outstanding. This comprehensive discussion is well organized and illustrated. It includes examples o f various dis orders o f the temporomandibular joint complex with symptomatology and suggested treatment regimens. The chapter on vesicular and bul lous lesions has been expanded to
contain also ulcerative lesions. A l though the illustrations remain es sentially unchanged, there has been revision o f the text substance. The chapter on laboratory procedures reflects a major revision. The den tist and the dental student will find this part meaningful and under standable. Burket, his collaborators, and colleagues are to be congratulated. They have revised a well-known book. The revisions appear to be carefully planned and do not inter fere with the traditional approach. Indeed, the sixth edition should take its place as a reference and textbook for physicians and dentists as well as students o f both profes sions. Ingram W. Ogden
*G rant’s M ethod o f Anatomy John V. Basmajian. Eighth edition. 665 pages with illu s tra tions. Index. $15.50. Baltim ore, W illiam s & W ilkins, Co. 1971.
Systematic review o f the eighth edi tion o f Grant’s M ethods o f Anatomy reveals it to be as well organized, clearly written, and as interesting as it was some years ago when it served as m y first introduction to gross anat omy. The format is bolder than that o f the seventh edition, with slightly larger type, a redesign o f chapter headings, and bold print at the be ginning o f sections or paragraphs. Sections that were previously in small print are now more integral parts o f the narrative because o f a type size closer to that o f the regular text. The new design also permits close approximation o f illustrations and their descriptions. N ew illustra tions have been added (for example, referred pain, greater saphenous vein, role o f adductors o f thigh during hip flexion) that are helpful to the reader. The text has been shortened, but the best o f Grant’s logic and explan ations have been preserved. Although no textbook will fulfill the require ments o f various formats o f all new er currículums in gross anatomy,
much o f Grant’s eighth edition will adapt readily to a variety o f courses. For example, the systemic review at the beginning o f the textbook pre sents fundamental terminology and basic information for any student, whether he is in a systemic, regional, or multidisciplinary course o f any number o f hours. H is axioms and general principles (for example, sides o f safety and danger for nerve origins), which for years have been useful for the student o f anatomy, are even m ore useful today when students are searching for fundamen tal concepts and clinical or functional applications o f the discipline. Illus trations, both simple and detailed, are clearly labeled. Developmental considerations are used where ap propriate and are still classic in sim plicity and clarity o f expression. A s suggestions for future revisions, these points might be considered. While no harm is done to anatomic accuracy, a few instances o f tele ology arise in which a revision o f phrases would be more acceptable to the student o f function. For exam ple, in the description o f the supi nator muscles, muscle fibers do not take a direction antagonistic to the pronator muscle because that m us cle is a pronator. Rather, because the fibers o f the supinator muscle are at right angles to the pronator muscle, the supinator muscle can function in the opposite direction, that is, it can supinate the forearm. It would be helpful to have a more adequate description o f inguinal her nia (both direct and indirect) and a discussion o f femoral hernias. The student o f today (perhaps as well as o f yesterday) is more apt to study the detailed morphology o f a region if he can understand the clinical reasons for its importance. The sec tion on the perineum might be im proved by concomitant consideration o f frontal and sagittal sections corre sponding closely with views o f the perineal aspect. The author is to be congratulated on preserving the best o f Grant’s original treatment and on continu ing to update and to modernize the changes that were evident in the seventh edition. It is a pleasure to see
the truths o f the past continued in a m ore modern and appealing setting. The eighth edition o f Grant’s M ethod o f Anatomy is destined to continue as a leading text and will surely sur vive the hazards o f modern curricu lum revision. Charles E. Blevins
*Tem porary and Sem iperm anent S p lin t ing: An Atlas o f C linical Procedures Andrejs Baumhammers. 117 pages w ith 124 illu stra tio n s. Index. $9.25. S pringfield, III, CharlesC Thomas, 1971.
T o splint or not to splint is a con troversial issue, the pros and cons o f which are not discussed in this book. The author limits his presen tation to describing concisely the clinical procedures for various tem porary and semipermanent splints for use on periodontally involved m obile teeth; use o f these splints also would apply to teeth loosened by traumatic injuries. The book is written for the general practitioner and the student preparing for gen eral practice. The author has selected those techniques that are tried and practical and that have stood the test o f time in his experience. In the introduction, splints are classified into extracoronal splints and intracoronal splints; the steps in periodontal therapy that should accompany the use o f splints are listed. The next 57 pages describe these extracoronal splints: plastic reinforced wire splints, bar-wireplastic splints, plastic occlusal splints, prosthetic gingival stents, continu ous cast clasp splints, swing-lock removable partial prostheses, and orthodontic band splints. The next 34 pages describe these types o f intracoronal splints: A-splints, amalgam splints, and provisional periodontal prostheses. A final chap ter o f IV2 pages deals with manage ment o f temporary and semiper manent splinting. Each splinting technique is simply described in a step-by-step procedure, and is well illustrated with drawings and photo graphs. A selected bibliography is
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given at the end o f each chapter for further reference should the reader require it. The publisher’s attention should be drawn to some production er rors. On page 36, Hawley is incor rectly spelled. In section four on page 61, the laboratory prescription calls for the first molar to be banded. This tooth was extracted in this case and the prescription should refer to banding the second molar. On page 45, figure 5-11 shows an ex posed crown margin on the right maxillary central incisor, but the caption refers to the left central in cisor. The author meets the objectives that he defines and the book should meet a need o f the practitioner seeking step-by-step instructions in temporary and semitemporary splinting techniques.
George E. Myers
Additions to the Library The books liste d here have been added re c e n tly to th e Bureau co llection. Requests for th is m aterial, available on loan to all m em bers o f th e Association, should be addressed to th e Bureau of Library Ser vices. There is no charge for borrowing books, but th e re is a charge o f three d o l lars ($3.00) for each package library. I l l i nois residents should add 5% Retailers Use Tax to th e purchase price o f books. Book prices are subject to change w ith o u t notice in accordance with changes in p u b lishers’ prices. P ra ctica lly all th e dental jo u rn a ls published in th e world at present are available to m em bers on loan. Lists o f books, package libraries, and journals are available on request.
Books basmajian,
j.v. G rant’s method of anat omy; descriptive and deductive by re gions. 8th ed. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1971. 707 p. $15.50.
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Miss Thistlebottom’s hobgoblins; the careful writer’s guide to the taboos, bugbears and outmoded rules of English usage. New York, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1971. 260 p. $6.95. CHERASKIN, EMANUEL & RINGSDORF, W.M. New hope for incurable diseases. New York, Exposition Press, 1971. 187 p. $6.50. eilers, r .d. & moerman, s.s., ed. N a tional health insurance; proceedings of the Conference on National Health Insurance. Sponsored by the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania. Home wood, ill, Irwin, 1971. 349 p. $8. european orthodontic society. Trans actions, forty-sixth congress, Hamburg, 20th-25th May, 1970. [The Hague, 1971] 601 p. $31.80. farrell, john. Dental materials; a hand book for students, practitioners and technicians. London, Kimpton, 1971. 134 p. galvin, t .j . Current problems in refer ence service. New York, Bowker, 1971. 162 p. international anesthesiology clinics, Spring 1971, Vol. 9, No. 1: Anesthesia in emergency surgery; Summer 1971, Vol. 9, No. 2: The use of computers for anesthesia teaching. Boston, Little, Brown, 1971. 2 v. mayfield , s.b. Effects of the lip bumper appliance on the mandibular first m o lars and incisors. (MS thesis— Uni versity of Minnesota.) [Minneapolis] 1971. 63 p. Photostat of typescript. novik, i.o. Bolezni zubov i slizistoi obolochki polosti rta u detei. Moscow, Meditsina, 1971. 456p. $5.40. o’shea, r.m. & cohen, l.k., ed. Toward a sociology of dentistry. (Milbank M e morial Fund quarterly, Vol. 49, No. 3, pt. 2 )New York, 1971. 236 p. $3. ROSENTHAL, WOLFGANG & OTHERS. Spezielle Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferchirurgie. 3d ed. Leipzig, Barth, 1971. 556 p. $21. sa rn a t, b.g. The face and jaws after sur gical experimentation with the septovomeral region in growing and adult rabbits. (Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Sup. 268.) Uppsala, Almqvist & Wiksell Periodical Co., 1970. 30 p. $10.50. to o th enam el ii: its composition, prop erties, and fundamental structure. Edited by R. W. Fearnhead and M. V. Stack. Report of the proceedings of a Secondlnternational Symposium, held at the London Hospital Medical Col
lege, 16 and 17 June, 1969. Bristol, Wright, 1971. 257 p. $31. uzhumetskene, i.i. Metody issledovaniia v ortodontii. Moscow. Medit sina, 1970. 199 p. $3. waldvogel, f .a. &others. Osteomyelitis; clinical features, therapeutic consider ations, and unusual aspects. Spring field, III. Thomas, 1971. 110 p. $8.25. wiebrecht, a.t . Crozat appliances in the complete treatment of a Class II mal occlusion. Milwaukee, WiebrechtCrozat Institute, 1971. 51 p.
Periodicals ALAFO ASOCIACION LATINOAMERICANA DE FACULTADES DE ODONTOLOGÍA BOLETIN bimestral de información. G uate mala, C. A. PHOTOGRAPHIC APPLICATIONS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE.. Hempstead, N Y.