Radiology for dental auxiliaries

98

Reviews a.& abstracts

to prostheses. The value and limitations of clectrosurgcrqba r are discus& in d&ail. Indications for using electrosurgery in pedodontics and orthodontics are mentioned. One case only is cited to illustrate surgery in pedodontics. This refers to removal of overlying mucosa on permanent molars. (Jingival removal to facilitate banding teeth is advised to avoid interference and pain to the patient. While gingivectomy is mentioned for gingival proliferation in orthodontic patients, the indications and case reports are not given. Oringer contributed a valuable chapter which is, in fact, a digest from his text on Electrosurgery in Dent&try (Sunders, 1962). He lists the hazards that may attend oral surgical procedures as well as t,he favorable results in wound healing. Case reports are presented in his chapter on lingual frenectomy and alveolar extension. This text will bc of value to those who include electrosurgery in their practice. J. A. Salzma,nn

Radiology Herbert

for Dental

Auxiliaries

H. Frommer

St. Louis,

1974,

The

C. V. Mosby

Company.

169

pages,

illustrated.

Price,

$8.95

Basic factors in producing satisfactory x-ray films are explained. Each chapter is appended by a list of exercises which should prove of value to the dental assistant in the course of study or in instruction under the supervision of her employer in on-the-job training. Patient management, radiation prevention, and radiation confinement are presented. The placement of intraoral dental films is discussed. Extraoral radiographic technique is included, but cephalometric radiography is not mentioned. J. A. Salxm.mn

Diagnosis

and

Treatment

Planning

by Computer

Viken Sasswni Report French

of the 46th Congress of the text. 163 pages, 85 illustrations,

French and

Soaiety an

of

appendix

Dentofncial with

Orthopedics, 1973. photographic records of

9 patients

The author proposes that the computer, like the clinician, can determine an individualized treatment plan by the analysis of diagnostic records. This