Pathway to Diagnosis and Management of Toothaches : A General Dentist’s Perspective / by Ernest Lado, Robert Caudle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lado, Ernest.

Contributor:

Caudle, Robert.

Series:

Medicine Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dentistry.

Pain medicine.

Pain Medicine.

Local Subjects:

Dentistry.

Pain Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

This book is a concise guide to the clinical examination and diagnosis of dental pain. It is focused on determining the root cause of pain to prevent an erroneous finding based on inadequate information provided by the patient or flawed interpretation of diagnostic testing. Readers will find guidance on anamnesis, clinical exams, and assessment of pain specific components of the mouth as well as on the progression of pulp diseases including the normal pulp, the inflamed pulp, necrobiosis and aerodontalgia. Information is provided on fractured tooth as well as on diagnostic tests for dental pain. The last part of the book is dedicated to periodontal pain and discusses the normal and inflamed periodontium, radicular periodontitis, apical periodontitis and endo-perio diagnosis. This book will be a help for all dentist as the diagnosis of toothaches can be complicated and present pedagogues fail to address the intricacies involved in the etiology of clinical signs and symptoms.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Tooth Pain

Chapter 2. Progression of Pulp Disease

Chapter 3. Cracked Tooth Syndrome

Chapter 4. Diagnostic Testing

Chapter 5. Periodontal Pain

Chapter 6. Addendum.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9783031752629

3031752627

OCLC:

1481795619