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Periodontal therapy
Journal of Dentistry, 3, 92-96
Book Reviews Periodontal Therapy. Fifth edition. Ed. by surprising to find that such indices as the Gingival HENRY M. GOLDMAN and D. WALTER COHEN. Index and Plaque Index of Liie and Silness which 270 x 180mm. Pp. 107O+xvi, with2486iIIustrations. are now so widely used are not described even 1973. St. Louis: Mosby (London: Kimpton). though the PI and PDI gain mention. Electro0 190. surgery which is now being more frequently employed especially as an adjunct to restorative Any book which has reached a fifth edition hardly procedures also receives little attention. needs to be reviewed and many would consider this The preface states that the book is for underadequate testimony to the value of the work. graduates, graduates and practitioners. This is Naturally there are those who prefer the writings just about the entire dental profession and after of some individuals to those of others and the work reading the present edition one is left with the of Goldman and Cohen has had to compete with impression that the work is too big for the first that of Glickman and Orban, not to mention group, possibly not as complete as it might be for others, which it has done with success. the postgraduate student in periodontology and Writing a volume of this size and keeping it up beyond the scope of the general practitioner. It is a to date is a task which is now too great for any one worthwhile book to have in a library, but has the man and, one suspects, even for two men when time come to produce separate volumes directed at they shoulder the heavy responsibilities of being each particular group? Deans of Schools as are Goldman and Cohen. A. BRYAN WADE This has resulted in a large number of authors being asked to contribute and the present edition A Guide to Children’s Dentistry. By D. H. GOOSE lists 32, an increase of 7 over the preceding and J. KURER. 213~137mm. Pp. 112+viii, with edition. The new names are Spencer N. Frankl, 46 illustrations. 1973. London: Kimpton. E2.25. Robert J. Genco, Gerald A. Isenberg, Simao Kon, Gerald M. Kramer, Max A. Listgarten, R. Earl As stated by the authors, the purpose of this small Robinson, Sidney M. Schulman, Jay S. Seibert and book of just over 100 pages is ‘to highlight the Alan Shuman, whilst Harry M. Bohannan, Stanley special features involved in children’s dentistry and E. Ross and Wellesley H. Wright have dropped to draw attention to the problems peculiar to it ‘. out. One might question the strength of some of The subjects that they have chosen to concenthe additions and replacements, for although trate upon include the management of child several have international reputations resulting patients, the prevention of dental caries, traumatic from publication of original work of high calibre injuries to the teeth, pulp therapy and problems others have yet to make their mark. associated with the conservation of the deciduous In spite of this comment, however, there are not dentition. Much of the text concentrates upon many sections in this book which are notably essentials, it is written in a concise fashion and it weak, and the major criticism must be of repetition contains a lot of sound practical advice for those and overlap which by strict editorial work could who deal with children in everyday practice. have reduced the size. The actual number of pages The reviewer particularly liked the chapter on remains almost the same as in the last edition, but dental caries prevention. The busy practitioner this has been achieved by using smaller type, the who has found himself somewhat confused by the reading of which is facilitated by a double-column plethora of fluoride preparations and recomformat. Many more illustrations are included. mendations, for example, should find here much It would be churlish to pick out individual of what has been written at length in the various points for comment and anyone who digests this journals reduced to manageable proportions and book, not to mention the many references listed at presented with palatable brevity. the end of each chapter, would have a considerable In some other areas in this essentially practical knowledge of periodontology. It is, however, manual guidance offered is not so certain. For
Book Reviews Periodontal Therapy. Fifth edition. Ed. by surprising to find that such indices as the Gingival HENRY M. GOLDMAN and D. WALTER COHEN. Index and Plaque Index of Liie and Silness which 270 x 180mm. Pp. 107O+xvi, with2486iIIustrations. are now so widely used are not described even 1973. St. Louis: Mosby (London: Kimpton). though the PI and PDI gain mention. Electro0 190. surgery which is now being more frequently employed especially as an adjunct to restorative Any book which has reached a fifth edition hardly procedures also receives little attention. needs to be reviewed and many would consider this The preface states that the book is for underadequate testimony to the value of the work. graduates, graduates and practitioners. This is Naturally there are those who prefer the writings just about the entire dental profession and after of some individuals to those of others and the work reading the present edition one is left with the of Goldman and Cohen has had to compete with impression that the work is too big for the first that of Glickman and Orban, not to mention group, possibly not as complete as it might be for others, which it has done with success. the postgraduate student in periodontology and Writing a volume of this size and keeping it up beyond the scope of the general practitioner. It is a to date is a task which is now too great for any one worthwhile book to have in a library, but has the man and, one suspects, even for two men when time come to produce separate volumes directed at they shoulder the heavy responsibilities of being each particular group? Deans of Schools as are Goldman and Cohen. A. BRYAN WADE This has resulted in a large number of authors being asked to contribute and the present edition A Guide to Children’s Dentistry. By D. H. GOOSE lists 32, an increase of 7 over the preceding and J. KURER. 213~137mm. Pp. 112+viii, with edition. The new names are Spencer N. Frankl, 46 illustrations. 1973. London: Kimpton. E2.25. Robert J. Genco, Gerald A. Isenberg, Simao Kon, Gerald M. Kramer, Max A. Listgarten, R. Earl As stated by the authors, the purpose of this small Robinson, Sidney M. Schulman, Jay S. Seibert and book of just over 100 pages is ‘to highlight the Alan Shuman, whilst Harry M. Bohannan, Stanley special features involved in children’s dentistry and E. Ross and Wellesley H. Wright have dropped to draw attention to the problems peculiar to it ‘. out. One might question the strength of some of The subjects that they have chosen to concenthe additions and replacements, for although trate upon include the management of child several have international reputations resulting patients, the prevention of dental caries, traumatic from publication of original work of high calibre injuries to the teeth, pulp therapy and problems others have yet to make their mark. associated with the conservation of the deciduous In spite of this comment, however, there are not dentition. Much of the text concentrates upon many sections in this book which are notably essentials, it is written in a concise fashion and it weak, and the major criticism must be of repetition contains a lot of sound practical advice for those and overlap which by strict editorial work could who deal with children in everyday practice. have reduced the size. The actual number of pages The reviewer particularly liked the chapter on remains almost the same as in the last edition, but dental caries prevention. The busy practitioner this has been achieved by using smaller type, the who has found himself somewhat confused by the reading of which is facilitated by a double-column plethora of fluoride preparations and recomformat. Many more illustrations are included. mendations, for example, should find here much It would be churlish to pick out individual of what has been written at length in the various points for comment and anyone who digests this journals reduced to manageable proportions and book, not to mention the many references listed at presented with palatable brevity. the end of each chapter, would have a considerable In some other areas in this essentially practical knowledge of periodontology. It is, however, manual guidance offered is not so certain. For