Books Review
Summitt’s Fundamentals of Operative Dentistry:
A Contemporary Approach
Thomas J. Hilton, Jack L. Ferracane,
James C. Broome (editors)
Publisher: Quintessence Publishing Co Inc
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-86715-528-0
Edition: 4/e
Publish Year: 2013
Pages: 612, illustrated
Price: $ 128.00
Operative Dentistry is the branch of dentistry
concerned with restoration of parts of the teeth
that are defective as a result of disease, trauma,
or abnormal development to a state of normal
function, health, and esthetics.
This book is a compilation of classic and modern
diagnostic and treatment methods. This fourth
edition was revised, new authors were added, and
includes 21 chapters.
After a complete biologic consideration on tooth
tissues, the authors present the treatment planning
for the restoration of individual teeth made in
compliance with the integrated stomatognathic
apparatus.
Aesthetic consideration and color shade matching
are key components in operative dentistry and are
broadly presented in the next chapters. Further
on, the book provides considerations on caries
and pulp management. Systems for naming and
numbering teeth, nomenclature of tooth surfaces
and cavity preparation, instrumentation and field
isolation are also important subjects approached.
One separate chapter describes, illustrates and
summarizes materials and methods used in
adhesion to enamel and dentin.
Materials,
tooth
preparation,
instruments,
placement technique, finishing and polishing of
direct anterior and posterior esthetic restoration
are well described in two more chapters. Because
amalgam and gold are the oldest restoration
materials, indications and contraindications as well
as the principles and steps of tooth preparation
are presented in individual chapters.
Management of root surface caries and restoration
of endodontically treated teeth often present
a challenge to the dentist but the authors have
managed to explain these subjects in a manner that
each practitioner will find useful. With respect to
the aesthetic aspects, the book presents different
topics that as tooth bleaching, porcelain veneers,
anterior ceramic crowns, inlays and onlays.
After going through the book entitled Summitt’s
Fundamentals of Operative Dentistry, the reader
will become acquainted with current and practical
concepts of prevention and management of caries
as a disease and of restoration of individual teeth.
All the chapters incorporate colored illustrations
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