Essentials of Maxillary
Sinus Augmentation
Florin-Eugen
Constantinescu
Authors: Francis Louise / Oana Dragan
Publisher: Quintessence Publishing, Germany
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-78698-018-2
Edition: 1/e
Publish Year: 2017
Pages: 128, illustrated
Price: 78.00 €
It is known that most of the current work carried out by a dental practitioner goes into the preparation of the teeth for various
Lately, sinus augmentation has become a current procedure in oral implantology to increase the height of the edentulous
atrophied posterior maxilla. Professor Francis Louise of Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France together with Dr.
Oana Dragan of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania and contributors have drafted a new
book to help implantologists support edentulous atrophied posterior maxilla. The book is divided in six chapters. After
presenting the general considerations regarding sinus augmentation by lateral or crestal approach, the authors develop
the preoperative evaluation by highlighting the necessary anatomical landmarks that the implantologist needs to know
in detail. A separate chapter is dedicated to instruments and biomaterials used in oral implantology. It presents both
the instruments used for the mechanical technique as well as those used for the ultrasonic one, including the effects of
biomaterials on the healing of the grafted sinus. Preoperative care and procedures, surgical techniques and clinical cases
are described and illustrated for the lateral and crestal techniques. At the end of the book preoperative risk assessment
and postoperative care are presented. This book is updated to the currently existing knowledge, it is well illustrated with
over 360 images, being a clinical guide for the implantologist to be able to plan treatment in cases with severe posterior
maxillary atrophy.
DOI: 10.25241/stomaeduj.2018.5(1).bookreview.5
Advanced CBCT for Endodontics:
Technical Considerations, Perception,
and Decision-Making
Author: John Khademi
Publisher: Quintessence Publishing, USA
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-86715-720-8
Edition: 1/e
Publish Year: 2017
Pages: 352, illustrated
Price: 148.00 €
DMD, PhD Student
Holistic Dental & Medical Institute of
Bucharest - ROPOSTURO, Bucharest,
Romania
e-mail:
[email protected]
The book entitled “Advanced CBCT for Endodontics” by Dr. John A. Khademi and contributors aims to encourage
endodontist doctors to use cone beam computer tomography (CBCT) in daily practice to establish a diagnosis,
a treatment plan, to assist in the decision-making process and how to assess treatment outcomes. This book is
divided into five chapters. After introducing us to the CBCT issue the authors present technical considerations on the
acquisition process and the difference between two-dimensional and three-dimensional radiography. Chapter three
talks about occult perceptual and cognitive issues that can influence both the interpretation and the confidence in the
interpretation of CBCT imaging studies. Restore consideration and balance into the decision making in the diag nostic,
treatment planning and treatment process is the objective of the chapter four. These first chapters are the “know what”
chapters, while the last chapter is the “know-how” chapter showing how to implement CBCT in clinical practice. As
the author says, this book is not easy to read. It will require multiple readings and additional study. The topic tackled
in the book is made clearer through the over 700 images. Reading this book is an opportunity to become an expert
Florin-Eugen
endodontist and leader on CBCT technology.
Constantinescu
DOI: 10.25241/stomaeduj.2018.5(1).bookreview.6
DMD, PhD Student
Holistic Dental & Medical Institute of
Bucharest - ROPOSTURO, Bucharest,
Romania
e-mail:
[email protected]
The Books Review is drafted in the reviewer’s sole wording and illustrates his opinions.
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