The Oral Report, the Consumer's Commonsense Guide to Better Dental Care

Tells how to select a dentist, discusses dental care for children, HMOs, x-rays, fees, malpractice, braces, and root canals, and includes tips on home tooth care

This articulate, authoritative sourcebook encourages lay readers to become alert consumers of dental health care. The first of three sections discusses the patient and general dentistry: how to choose a dentist (cheap vs. inexpensive), tooth structure, brushing, flossing, fillings, X-rays, anesthetics and treatment during pregnancy. The second section deals with specialties and specific diseases and problems: endodontics (root-canal therapy), oral cancer, oral surgery, orthodontics, pedodontics or pediatric dentisty, gum disease, crowns, bridges, dentures, bonding and bleaching. The last section addresses various trends, fears and issues in dentistry: fluoride, malpractice, advertising, insurance, dental phobias, tooth-grinding and the TMJ syndrome, and dental fees based on national, regional and local surveys. Appendixes list dental schools and professional societies, and provide a glossary of terms. Jerry Taintor is a practicing dentist and chairman of endodontics at the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry. His wife, Mary Jane, manages a workshop program for professional seminars. Illustrations not seen by PW.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Taintor, an endodontist and professor at the University of Tennessee, and his wife have put together a reference work for the public. Coverage on home care, general and specialized dental care, and prosthesis is broad and accessible. A chapter on issues in dentistry includes public health dentistry, special needs patients, malpractice, nondentist practitioners, and advertising. Further sections discuss stress, insurance, and fees, and present a useful glossary and list of dental schools and societies. Melvin and Elaine Denholtz's How to Save Your Teeth and Your Money and Nguyen Thanh Nguyen and Patty DeRoulf's Your Mouth cover most of the same material effectively. The issues in dentistry, addresses, and current fees are this volume's distinctions. Robert Aken, Univ. of Kentucky Libs., Lexington
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.