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Dental laboratory procedures. volume 2. Fixed partial dentures
90
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of Dentistry
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histiocytoses seem to have been forgotten. There is also no useful discussion of the problem of oral sarcoid-like lesions in the absence of systemic sarcoidosis or any mention of the sub-types of Ehlers Danlos syndrome, with their different oral manifestations and different implications for dental treatment. By contrast no one can complain about omissions from Oral Manifestations of Systemic Infections which Includes such things as Tsutsugamushi fever and not merely ordinary, every day histoplasmosis, but also Histoplasma duboisii. After all that hard work at least we’ll know now how to deal with these things when they appear this side of the river. To be seen in proper perspective, criticisms of any book hardly ever appear in a review. It is important to emphasize therefore that the standard of this book is over-all remarkably high and unexpectedly perhaps the fact that the subject matter has been so exhaustively treated stimulates rather than depresses one’s interest. The presentation of the text and of the illustrations is also of exceptional quality. There is little doubt therefore that this book is and will deservedly remain the definitive work on the subject for a long time to come. R. A. Cawson SIGHER’s ORAL ANATOMY. Mosby. E20.75.
7th ed. By E. Lloyd DuBrul. 248 x 170mm. Pp. 582. 1980. St Louis,
Sicher’s Oral Anatomy has a distinguished lineage from the original publication, in German, by Sicher and Tandler in 1928 through six English editions over 30 years. The present author, E. Lloyd DuBrul, has introduced a series of changes over several recent editions. It is as well to realize that this book would be recognized in British dental schools as a gross anatomy text with tooth morphology. It contains very little dental histology and no embryology. The anatomy is restricted to the head and neck and is based on a fairly advanced treatment of the skull and mandible. It would provide the more specifically dental aspects of anatomy to a British student especially when taught principally by medical teachers. There is a detailed, If wordy, analysis of skull architecture and growth and the movements of the temporomandibular joint as well as several strictly clinical procedures such as local anaesthesia and tracheotomy. The mention of tracheotomy perhaps highlIghts the weaknesses of the text. The author’s views and knowledge on some topics are distinctly dated. Whether bluish-white enamel is really ‘prevalent in people susceptible to tubercular infections’ I know not. Certainly the chapters on eruption, mesial drift and the periodontal ligament reiterate dubious or outmoded concepts. The cushioned hammock ligament which resists compression by virtue of its water content, the intermediate plexus of the periodontal ligament and the deposition of bone as a prime mover in eruption and meGal drift are all treated as factual even though they have been abandoned or criticized by alI other recent authors. A glance at the bibliography reveals few if any original or review papers of recent date on these topics. The chapters are sadly in need of revision. This is not an elementary textbook and would prove difficult for junior students but it is valuable for its gross anatomy to teachers, postgraduate students and clinicians. It is not recommended as a textbook of ‘special’ dental anatomy as taught in British Universities. A. F. Hayward DENTAL LABORATORY PROCEDURES. VOLUME 2. FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES. By Harold F. Eissmann, Kenneth D. Rudd and Robert M. Morrow with other contributors. Pp. 367. Illustrated. 1980. St Louis, Mosby. $21.15. The emphasis in dental education in this country seems to be moving away from the technical to the biological, clinical, epidemiological, and some might even say philosophical. There is therefore a feeling of nostalgic pleasure in picking up a book dedicated to how things are made, written not only for the technician but also for ‘the dental practitioner. The seventeen chapters cover the whole range of techniques of crown and bridge construction in very considerable detail. For example Chapter 6 which Is devoted to wax pattern fabrication is 53 pages long and is divided into five parts. Part 1 is on Tooth Morphology written by Hajime Hamaguchi, Part 2 is on Articulation and Occlusal Morphology by Nlles F. Guichet, Part 3 is on Functional Occlusal Wax-up by Everitt V. Payne, Parts 4 and 5 on Axial Contouring and Margin Adaptation to Die are by Harold F. Eissmann. Much of the technique is the standard technique used in laboratories throughout the world. Considerable attention is paid to detail, but in some cases the reason for the technique is based upon assumptions which are not sufficiently justified ln the text. For example in the section on pontic design much emphasis is placed upon changes in soft tissue morphology for which no evidence is offered and which Indeed seem unlikely to occur with any frequency.
Book
Reviews
91
The text is profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. The line drawings are generally very clear and uncluttered, but some of the photographs, particularly the clinical examples, are not of the same standard. There are useful tables listing problems and probable causes with their solutions at the end of each chapter. As with any large, multiple+utthor text there are varlations in literary style, but generally there is a tendency towards a rather ponderous verbosity which unfortunately mars several otherwise excellent American textbooks. A typical sentence reads ‘The design concept which mandates that the tissuecontacting surface of the pontic must always be convex is most widely accepted in present filed prosthodontics’. Despite these criticisms, and despite the price, for those practitioners who wish to do all they can to improve their crown and bridge work this book is well worth dipping into, if not reading from cover to cover. It will undoubtedly become valuable to those dental technicians studying for the new higher qualitications in dental technology. B. G. N. Smith
Journal
of Dentistry
Vol.
lo/No.
1
histiocytoses seem to have been forgotten. There is also no useful discussion of the problem of oral sarcoid-like lesions in the absence of systemic sarcoidosis or any mention of the sub-types of Ehlers Danlos syndrome, with their different oral manifestations and different implications for dental treatment. By contrast no one can complain about omissions from Oral Manifestations of Systemic Infections which Includes such things as Tsutsugamushi fever and not merely ordinary, every day histoplasmosis, but also Histoplasma duboisii. After all that hard work at least we’ll know now how to deal with these things when they appear this side of the river. To be seen in proper perspective, criticisms of any book hardly ever appear in a review. It is important to emphasize therefore that the standard of this book is over-all remarkably high and unexpectedly perhaps the fact that the subject matter has been so exhaustively treated stimulates rather than depresses one’s interest. The presentation of the text and of the illustrations is also of exceptional quality. There is little doubt therefore that this book is and will deservedly remain the definitive work on the subject for a long time to come. R. A. Cawson SIGHER’s ORAL ANATOMY. Mosby. E20.75.
7th ed. By E. Lloyd DuBrul. 248 x 170mm. Pp. 582. 1980. St Louis,
Sicher’s Oral Anatomy has a distinguished lineage from the original publication, in German, by Sicher and Tandler in 1928 through six English editions over 30 years. The present author, E. Lloyd DuBrul, has introduced a series of changes over several recent editions. It is as well to realize that this book would be recognized in British dental schools as a gross anatomy text with tooth morphology. It contains very little dental histology and no embryology. The anatomy is restricted to the head and neck and is based on a fairly advanced treatment of the skull and mandible. It would provide the more specifically dental aspects of anatomy to a British student especially when taught principally by medical teachers. There is a detailed, If wordy, analysis of skull architecture and growth and the movements of the temporomandibular joint as well as several strictly clinical procedures such as local anaesthesia and tracheotomy. The mention of tracheotomy perhaps highlIghts the weaknesses of the text. The author’s views and knowledge on some topics are distinctly dated. Whether bluish-white enamel is really ‘prevalent in people susceptible to tubercular infections’ I know not. Certainly the chapters on eruption, mesial drift and the periodontal ligament reiterate dubious or outmoded concepts. The cushioned hammock ligament which resists compression by virtue of its water content, the intermediate plexus of the periodontal ligament and the deposition of bone as a prime mover in eruption and meGal drift are all treated as factual even though they have been abandoned or criticized by alI other recent authors. A glance at the bibliography reveals few if any original or review papers of recent date on these topics. The chapters are sadly in need of revision. This is not an elementary textbook and would prove difficult for junior students but it is valuable for its gross anatomy to teachers, postgraduate students and clinicians. It is not recommended as a textbook of ‘special’ dental anatomy as taught in British Universities. A. F. Hayward DENTAL LABORATORY PROCEDURES. VOLUME 2. FIXED PARTIAL DENTURES. By Harold F. Eissmann, Kenneth D. Rudd and Robert M. Morrow with other contributors. Pp. 367. Illustrated. 1980. St Louis, Mosby. $21.15. The emphasis in dental education in this country seems to be moving away from the technical to the biological, clinical, epidemiological, and some might even say philosophical. There is therefore a feeling of nostalgic pleasure in picking up a book dedicated to how things are made, written not only for the technician but also for ‘the dental practitioner. The seventeen chapters cover the whole range of techniques of crown and bridge construction in very considerable detail. For example Chapter 6 which Is devoted to wax pattern fabrication is 53 pages long and is divided into five parts. Part 1 is on Tooth Morphology written by Hajime Hamaguchi, Part 2 is on Articulation and Occlusal Morphology by Nlles F. Guichet, Part 3 is on Functional Occlusal Wax-up by Everitt V. Payne, Parts 4 and 5 on Axial Contouring and Margin Adaptation to Die are by Harold F. Eissmann. Much of the technique is the standard technique used in laboratories throughout the world. Considerable attention is paid to detail, but in some cases the reason for the technique is based upon assumptions which are not sufficiently justified ln the text. For example in the section on pontic design much emphasis is placed upon changes in soft tissue morphology for which no evidence is offered and which Indeed seem unlikely to occur with any frequency.
Book
Reviews
91
The text is profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. The line drawings are generally very clear and uncluttered, but some of the photographs, particularly the clinical examples, are not of the same standard. There are useful tables listing problems and probable causes with their solutions at the end of each chapter. As with any large, multiple+utthor text there are varlations in literary style, but generally there is a tendency towards a rather ponderous verbosity which unfortunately mars several otherwise excellent American textbooks. A typical sentence reads ‘The design concept which mandates that the tissuecontacting surface of the pontic must always be convex is most widely accepted in present filed prosthodontics’. Despite these criticisms, and despite the price, for those practitioners who wish to do all they can to improve their crown and bridge work this book is well worth dipping into, if not reading from cover to cover. It will undoubtedly become valuable to those dental technicians studying for the new higher qualitications in dental technology. B. G. N. Smith