Includes bibliographical references and index.

The changing nature of the practice of dentistry / Nairn Wilson -- An overview of patterns and trends in oral and dental diseases / Jenny Gallagher -- Requirements in the clinical environment / Barry Quinn and Richard Johnson -- Communicating with patients / Koula Asimakopoulou, Tim Newton, Sasha Scambler and Suzanne Scott -- Consent / Guy Palmer -- Procedures in the assessment and examination of patients / Stephen Dunne and Warren Birnbaum -- Procedures and arrangements for the prevention of oral and dental diseases / Bl naid Daly and Koula Asimakopoulou -- Procedures in dental imaging / Jackie Brown and Jonathan Davies -- Procedures in the management of dental pain / Tara Renton -- Procedures in conscious sedation / David Craig -- Procedures in operative dentistry / Richard Foxton -- Procedures in endodontics / Francesco Mannocci [and 5 others] -- Procedures in implant dentistry / Richard Palmer -- Procedures in oral medicine / Michael Escudier and Saman Warnakulasuriya -- Procedures in oral surgery / Tara Renton -- Procedures in orthodontics / Martyn Cobourne -- Procedures in paediatric dentistry / Sanjeev Sood -- Procedures in periodontics / Mark Ide and Clare McCarthy -- Procedures in prosthodontics / Michael Fenlon -- Procedures in special care dentistry / Carole Boyle [and 6 others] -- Procedures in the management of acute dental trauma / Serpil Djemal, Sanjeev Sood, Ravi Chauhan and Lakahmi Rasaratnam -- Procedures in aesthetic dentistry / Subir Banerji and Shamir Mehta -- Medical emergencies / Kathleen Fan [and 7 others] -- Audit in dental practice / Jackie Brown, Heather Pitt-Ford, Ellie Heidari and Dominic Flanagan -- Procedures for the management of patient concerns and complaints / Catherine Bryant.

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