Publisher's Synopsis
This is a new edition of a popular text that presents all of the information that a Dental Care Practitioner needs to know in order to safely capture high-quality clinical images.
In this latest edition, both traditional methods of imaging and new modalities are included, such as cone beam CT, and the author team has been expanded to bring a fresh approach to the subject area.
Written in an accessible manner which avoids unnecessary detail, each page spread has been carefully designed to ensure clarity of understanding by the reader to ensure both exam success and confidence and safety in the clinical situation. Topics address the whole curriculum and range from the basic physics of imaging to radiation protection and safety legislation.
Suitable for all Dental Care Professionals, this book has become essential reading for all readers who intend to undertake clinical imaging.
- Clear and accessible approach to the subject makes learning especially easy
- More than 600 tables and illustrations present clinical, diagnostic and practical information in an easy-to-access manner
- Led by the best known UK textbook author in the subject area who has been heavily involved in the British Dental Association's highly successful on-line course in dental radiography
- Contains what the Dental Care Professional needs to know and no more, i.e. basic principles of background science, practical details of radiography and an elementary account of radiological interpretation
- An all new online self assessment questions and answers module
- Includes a new chapter on cone beam technology
- Fully updated throughout with many new tables and images
