- Email: [email protected]
Orthodontics for undergraduates
DEPARTMENT Edited York
AND
ABSTRACTS
by
J. A. Salrmann, New
OF REVIEWS
D.D.S.
City
A11 inquiries regarding the respective authors. addressed to Dr. J. A.
information Articles
Salzmann,
on reviews and abstraots should be directed to or books for review in this department should be $5 Sutton Place South, New York, New Pork 1OOdb.
Current Clinical Dental Terminology Compiled and edited by Carl 0. Boucher St. Louis, 1974, !l’he C. V. Mosby Company. 446 pages.
Price,
$15.00
The second edition of this well-received glossary of accepted terms in all disciplines of dentistry lists forty-six contributors and collaborators. Boucher correctly points out that “since each discipline in dentistry seems to have its own language, terms have been found to have different meanings in the different areas of dental practice leading to confusion in the literature and misunderstanding among dentists, dental teachers and researchers.” Boucher could have added that different dental schools use different terms for the same word and many authors use a multiplicity of terms for the same word in a contribution. The confusion would be overcome if the dental schools agreed on terms. This volume could well serve as a starting point. Earl E. Shepard is listed as the contributor on orthodontics. The terms used in orthodontics are well covered. The names of Angle, Johnson, Begg, Tweed, and others whose names are indicative of a type of appliance are not included. Many terms attributed to orthodontics are used in other areas of dental practice. All science is constantly progressing, and each field of the health sciences has its own vocabulary. The dictionary of only a few years ago will soon be found inaccurate if not obsolete. Dentistry is constantly using words that are new in various fields but are related to new methods and techniques in dental practice. The text includes a pronunciation guide, names and formulas of chemicals, and physical properties of metals used in dentistry. This volume is a useful source of reference for the dental practitioner as well as for the student. J. A. Salzmann Orthodontics for Undergraduates H. Perry Hitchcock Philadelphia, 1974, Lea 4 Febiger. 53.8 pages,
580 illustrations.
Price, $87.00
Hitchcock answers his question “Why should there be yet another textbook about orthodontics?” by saying that he could find none, at present, that satisfied
Volume Number
68 6
Reviews and abstracts
683
his needs. Those needs, he states, are the same as the goals of the Council on Orthodontic Education of the American Association of Orthodontists : 1. Anticipate and detect incipient malocclusions. 2. Provide preventive measures where possible. 3. Recognize conditions which require advanced orthodontic diagnosis. 4. Understand the possibilities of comprehensive orthodontic treatment. 5. Use orthodontic principles as an adjunct to treatment procedures in all other phases of dental practice. The book is divided into five sections consisting of thirty chapters, which makes it convenient to cover the text during the average academic year by assigning one chapter a week. The first section includes material on impression taking and growth and development. The description of impression taking and cast trimming is quite explicit, with photographs showing each important step of the techniques described. In some instances photographs are used to show how not to do it. This section could be utilized to good avail in basic courses. Growth and development are well depicted, and this material consists of a useful summary which should be of interest to every dentist dealing with children. The second section consists of six chapters on preventive practice, which includes the usual subject matter, such as space maintainers and regainers, crossbite treatment, and habit control. Here, again, there are ample photographs to illustrate each type of case. Section three is on “Para-Diagnostic Procedures.” Why para and not just diagnostic? After a brief chapter on statistics, the remaining chapters are devoted to a discussion of the usual diagnostic procedures. The section on cephalometrics is profusely illustrated, and a thorough description of the Alabama analyses is presented. The remaining chapters are devoted to descriptions of treatment of a more complicated nature, including banded treatment, surgical correction, and cleft palate. There is also included a short chapter on retention and relapse, discussing the need for retention and various types of retainers currently in use. In general, the text satisfies the prescribed objectives. In recent years, some of the standard texts used for undergraduate training have been expanded to become encyclopedic in content in an effort to satisfy everyone. As a result, there has been a tendency to become more complex and confusing. Dr. Hitchcock’s book appears to be addressed more to the needs of the undergraduate student. Ashur G. Chavoor Diagnosis and Treatment of Dento-Facial Viken Sassouni and G. C. Sotoreanos Springfield, Ill., 1974, Charles C Thomas Publisher
Abnormalities
The University of Pittsburgh has a Center for the Study of Dento-Facial Abnormalities. This textbook, a product of their activities for more than a
AND
ABSTRACTS
by
J. A. Salrmann, New
OF REVIEWS
D.D.S.
City
A11 inquiries regarding the respective authors. addressed to Dr. J. A.
information Articles
Salzmann,
on reviews and abstraots should be directed to or books for review in this department should be $5 Sutton Place South, New York, New Pork 1OOdb.
Current Clinical Dental Terminology Compiled and edited by Carl 0. Boucher St. Louis, 1974, !l’he C. V. Mosby Company. 446 pages.
Price,
$15.00
The second edition of this well-received glossary of accepted terms in all disciplines of dentistry lists forty-six contributors and collaborators. Boucher correctly points out that “since each discipline in dentistry seems to have its own language, terms have been found to have different meanings in the different areas of dental practice leading to confusion in the literature and misunderstanding among dentists, dental teachers and researchers.” Boucher could have added that different dental schools use different terms for the same word and many authors use a multiplicity of terms for the same word in a contribution. The confusion would be overcome if the dental schools agreed on terms. This volume could well serve as a starting point. Earl E. Shepard is listed as the contributor on orthodontics. The terms used in orthodontics are well covered. The names of Angle, Johnson, Begg, Tweed, and others whose names are indicative of a type of appliance are not included. Many terms attributed to orthodontics are used in other areas of dental practice. All science is constantly progressing, and each field of the health sciences has its own vocabulary. The dictionary of only a few years ago will soon be found inaccurate if not obsolete. Dentistry is constantly using words that are new in various fields but are related to new methods and techniques in dental practice. The text includes a pronunciation guide, names and formulas of chemicals, and physical properties of metals used in dentistry. This volume is a useful source of reference for the dental practitioner as well as for the student. J. A. Salzmann Orthodontics for Undergraduates H. Perry Hitchcock Philadelphia, 1974, Lea 4 Febiger. 53.8 pages,
580 illustrations.
Price, $87.00
Hitchcock answers his question “Why should there be yet another textbook about orthodontics?” by saying that he could find none, at present, that satisfied
Volume Number
68 6
Reviews and abstracts
683
his needs. Those needs, he states, are the same as the goals of the Council on Orthodontic Education of the American Association of Orthodontists : 1. Anticipate and detect incipient malocclusions. 2. Provide preventive measures where possible. 3. Recognize conditions which require advanced orthodontic diagnosis. 4. Understand the possibilities of comprehensive orthodontic treatment. 5. Use orthodontic principles as an adjunct to treatment procedures in all other phases of dental practice. The book is divided into five sections consisting of thirty chapters, which makes it convenient to cover the text during the average academic year by assigning one chapter a week. The first section includes material on impression taking and growth and development. The description of impression taking and cast trimming is quite explicit, with photographs showing each important step of the techniques described. In some instances photographs are used to show how not to do it. This section could be utilized to good avail in basic courses. Growth and development are well depicted, and this material consists of a useful summary which should be of interest to every dentist dealing with children. The second section consists of six chapters on preventive practice, which includes the usual subject matter, such as space maintainers and regainers, crossbite treatment, and habit control. Here, again, there are ample photographs to illustrate each type of case. Section three is on “Para-Diagnostic Procedures.” Why para and not just diagnostic? After a brief chapter on statistics, the remaining chapters are devoted to a discussion of the usual diagnostic procedures. The section on cephalometrics is profusely illustrated, and a thorough description of the Alabama analyses is presented. The remaining chapters are devoted to descriptions of treatment of a more complicated nature, including banded treatment, surgical correction, and cleft palate. There is also included a short chapter on retention and relapse, discussing the need for retention and various types of retainers currently in use. In general, the text satisfies the prescribed objectives. In recent years, some of the standard texts used for undergraduate training have been expanded to become encyclopedic in content in an effort to satisfy everyone. As a result, there has been a tendency to become more complex and confusing. Dr. Hitchcock’s book appears to be addressed more to the needs of the undergraduate student. Ashur G. Chavoor Diagnosis and Treatment of Dento-Facial Viken Sassouni and G. C. Sotoreanos Springfield, Ill., 1974, Charles C Thomas Publisher
Abnormalities
The University of Pittsburgh has a Center for the Study of Dento-Facial Abnormalities. This textbook, a product of their activities for more than a