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Dental caries: A multifactorial disease
DEPARTMENT
OF REVIEWS
AND
ABSTRACTS
Edited by J. A. Salzmann, New Pork city
D.D.S.
dll inquiries regarding infornkation on reciews the respective authors. Articles OT hooks for address
to Dr.
Embraceable Jay Weiss &Vew Fork,
J. A. Salzmann,
You:
1975,
ncalth
A
Guide
65 Sutton
for
Sciences
Place
abstracts should be directed to in this department should be South, New Pork, New Ho& 10082.
and
review
Orthodontic
Publishing
Corp.
Patients
168
pa@% Price, $8.95
If one can get past the punning title of this book, he will find in it much of interest, whether hc be parent, patient, or orthodontist. While it is written in a more or less light vein, the book is quite informatiyc and presents a digest of current orthodontic dogma and practice. Questions frequently asked of orthodentists-“Can orthodontic appliances hurt the teeth. 9” “Will teeth return to their pretreatment irregularities ?” “What to do about thumbsucking ?” and many others--arc discussctl in a manner that is understandable to the layman. Questions of surgical orthodontics, extraction of teeth as an adjunct to orthodontic therapy, when to start treatment, and use of appliances as well as their home care are given consideration. Throughout the book JVeiss maintains a conservative even-handed attitude on many questions, including computerization and growth predictions. He discausscs Salzmann’s views on “genetic engineering,” puhlishctl in 1972. The term ge~elic eagi)lreri?rg is now widely known ant1 no longer requires quotation marks. \Veiss cites a number of Nobel Prize laureates whose work ant1 expressions support Salzmann’s statcmcnts. Opposition to the term {le?zefic engi,rfxri?lg is clearly due to ignorance, as is the opposition to fluoridation. The book will serve il useful purpose in the reception rooms of those who prilCticv2 orthotlontics.
Dental
Caries:
A
Multifactorial
George Edwamrd White Springfield, Ill., 197.5, Charles
Disease
C Thomns
Pltblisher.
169 pages.
Price,
$14.50
In keeping with the title, this book discusses dental caries from its various etiologic aspects, including diet and prevention of their occurrence. How genetics plays a role in the causation of dental caries is explained from the standpoint of tooth morphology, structure, and environmental saliva composition. As is generally the Case, it is not a simple matter to designate which is or is not a genetic manifestation. 105
Applied
Physiology
of
the
Mouth
C. 1. 8. Lavelle Rristol,
197.5, John
l+'ri!glrt
Lid.
SFX pn!gc's,
67 fi,qwc.s.
I'ricc,
zE18.50
thosr oropharyngeal 111 his prefaw the authots states that he is “highlighting features which arc of important to st~ltlrl~ts of dentistry ijlld mcdi~inc (bot’h UI~tlcrgratluates nrltl pOStgK3tlLli~t~~S) “, that “the book forges a link brtwccn basic* and applied scic’iiws,” ant1 that it J)rovitles “:I sourw of research information for students who wish to cwquirtr mow fully into specific subjects.” In addition to the cspcctccl suh,jwts of mastication, cleglutition, taste, olfaction, pain, anal salivar!* sccwtiot~, the book contains chapters 011 metabolism of soft and hard tissues, tooth eruption, 11onc growth, immunology, dcfensc mechanisms, wound healing. plaque, and calculus. Thcrr is a total of thirt,wn cwltrilmtors, cwh of whom is a11 :lctive rescarchcr in his field, from various institutions in 13ngla11d. In general, thcl book is well written tint1 wadable. AIost chapters terminate in a brief summary 01’ wnclusioll after ptwcntation of the xxrious aspects of the subject. To wch chapter thrrr is appended a rathw thorough bibliography cont,ai?ling both classic*works iI?ltl rewnt rcwarc*h publications. The book (dolltaills two subjwts not usually found in other such works, namely “physiological rcsponsrs to tlental treatment” ant1 “age changes in oral structures.” 1Towrvcr, the vhaptcr on tleglutition is disappointing in its brevity and lack of application to clinical dentistr!-. On the wholly, t,he book should 1)~ useful as a test for courses in oral physiology, for oral clinicians desirous of fortifying their knowledge of the fundamentals of oral func+iori, iilltl as a rt~fwww sourw for new researchers in oral ph>-siology. ~~icholtrs ~1. Di A~n/w~
OF REVIEWS
AND
ABSTRACTS
Edited by J. A. Salzmann, New Pork city
D.D.S.
dll inquiries regarding infornkation on reciews the respective authors. Articles OT hooks for address
to Dr.
Embraceable Jay Weiss &Vew Fork,
J. A. Salzmann,
You:
1975,
ncalth
A
Guide
65 Sutton
for
Sciences
Place
abstracts should be directed to in this department should be South, New Pork, New Ho& 10082.
and
review
Orthodontic
Publishing
Corp.
Patients
168
pa@% Price, $8.95
If one can get past the punning title of this book, he will find in it much of interest, whether hc be parent, patient, or orthodontist. While it is written in a more or less light vein, the book is quite informatiyc and presents a digest of current orthodontic dogma and practice. Questions frequently asked of orthodentists-“Can orthodontic appliances hurt the teeth. 9” “Will teeth return to their pretreatment irregularities ?” “What to do about thumbsucking ?” and many others--arc discussctl in a manner that is understandable to the layman. Questions of surgical orthodontics, extraction of teeth as an adjunct to orthodontic therapy, when to start treatment, and use of appliances as well as their home care are given consideration. Throughout the book JVeiss maintains a conservative even-handed attitude on many questions, including computerization and growth predictions. He discausscs Salzmann’s views on “genetic engineering,” puhlishctl in 1972. The term ge~elic eagi)lreri?rg is now widely known ant1 no longer requires quotation marks. \Veiss cites a number of Nobel Prize laureates whose work ant1 expressions support Salzmann’s statcmcnts. Opposition to the term {le?zefic engi,rfxri?lg is clearly due to ignorance, as is the opposition to fluoridation. The book will serve il useful purpose in the reception rooms of those who prilCticv2 orthotlontics.
Dental
Caries:
A
Multifactorial
George Edwamrd White Springfield, Ill., 197.5, Charles
Disease
C Thomns
Pltblisher.
169 pages.
Price,
$14.50
In keeping with the title, this book discusses dental caries from its various etiologic aspects, including diet and prevention of their occurrence. How genetics plays a role in the causation of dental caries is explained from the standpoint of tooth morphology, structure, and environmental saliva composition. As is generally the Case, it is not a simple matter to designate which is or is not a genetic manifestation. 105
Applied
Physiology
of
the
Mouth
C. 1. 8. Lavelle Rristol,
197.5, John
l+'ri!glrt
Lid.
SFX pn!gc's,
67 fi,qwc.s.
I'ricc,
zE18.50
thosr oropharyngeal 111 his prefaw the authots states that he is “highlighting features which arc of important to st~ltlrl~ts of dentistry ijlld mcdi~inc (bot’h UI~tlcrgratluates nrltl pOStgK3tlLli~t~~S) “, that “the book forges a link brtwccn basic* and applied scic’iiws,” ant1 that it J)rovitles “:I sourw of research information for students who wish to cwquirtr mow fully into specific subjects.” In addition to the cspcctccl suh,jwts of mastication, cleglutition, taste, olfaction, pain, anal salivar!* sccwtiot~, the book contains chapters 011 metabolism of soft and hard tissues, tooth eruption, 11onc growth, immunology, dcfensc mechanisms, wound healing. plaque, and calculus. Thcrr is a total of thirt,wn cwltrilmtors, cwh of whom is a11 :lctive rescarchcr in his field, from various institutions in 13ngla11d. In general, thcl book is well written tint1 wadable. AIost chapters terminate in a brief summary 01’ wnclusioll after ptwcntation of the xxrious aspects of the subject. To wch chapter thrrr is appended a rathw thorough bibliography cont,ai?ling both classic*works iI?ltl rewnt rcwarc*h publications. The book (dolltaills two subjwts not usually found in other such works, namely “physiological rcsponsrs to tlental treatment” ant1 “age changes in oral structures.” 1Towrvcr, the vhaptcr on tleglutition is disappointing in its brevity and lack of application to clinical dentistr!-. On the wholly, t,he book should 1)~ useful as a test for courses in oral physiology, for oral clinicians desirous of fortifying their knowledge of the fundamentals of oral func+iori, iilltl as a rt~fwww sourw for new researchers in oral ph>-siology. ~~icholtrs ~1. Di A~n/w~