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Product Description Approximately one in ten children suffer injuries to the mouth and teeth that require dental intervention. Rapid and appropriate treatment can prevent long term damage to the mouth, and may save the teeth. Most children and adolescents who suffer orodental injury will be taken, in the first instance, to a general dental practitioner or will be referred there after initial assessment and treatment in the local Accident and Emergency department. Oral and Dental Trauma in Children provides the undergraduate and dental practitioner alike with the understanding and confidence to care for these young patients. This comprehensive text covers the management and the rationale for the various treatment options for children and young people who have suffered injuries to the oro-facial structures, including common and not-so-common problems. Review `splendid text, affordable, well written and illustrated... a great text that will fill an important niche in accessibility to current information on trauma management for chidren and adolescents' David J. Kenny, University of Toronto`well designed, beautifully laid out and clearly presented, with plenty of empty spaces for personal annotations. The authors specify in their preface that this concise textbook was conceived to answer the needs of undergraduates and general practitioners seeking information on this particular subject of oral and dental trauma. They succeeded.... I sincerely recommend this book on oral and dental trauma in children and adolescents.' Canadian Dental Association Journal, vol.63, no.3, February 1997" This straightforward text on oral and dental trauma should be an essential part of the clinical library of every dentist who treats children and adolescents." Alpha Omegan (vol.90, no.3, Fall 1997)`Om the preface the authors tell us that their aim is to give a concise textbook on the management of orodental trauma. This is indeed what the authors succeed in doing over the course of eight chapters. Oxford Medical Publications have produced a very well laid-out book. I am sure that this book will be well received by the profession. It will be standard reading for undergraduate dental students and a readily available reference book in the dental surgery.' Iain C. Mackie, International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 1997`In the preface the authors tell us that their aim is to give a concise textbook on the management of orodental trauma. This is indeed what the authors succeed in doing over the course of eight chapters. Oxford Medical Publications have produced a very well laid-out book. I am sure that this book will be well received by the profession. It will be standard reading for undergraduate dental students and a readily available reference book in the dental surgery.' Iain C. Mackie, International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry 1997`a comprehensive text covering both common and relatively rare injuries to the oro-facial structures... as with all books published by the Oxford University Press, a great deal of emphasis is placed on presentation and layout of the book, making it a pleasure to read and re-read. The user friendly layout of the text under sub-headings is attractively supplemented by relevant and clear coloured clinical photographs, radiographs and line drawings that are simple to understand and reproduce for exam purposes. I would strongly recommend purchase of this textbook for the dental undergraduate as it covers the subject area comprehensively yet at the same time presents the information in a clear, concise and well illustrated manner, making it the sort of textbook you will want to pick off your shelf and use.' Gazette Reviews About the Author G. J. Roberts, Reader in Paediatric Dentistry, Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London. P. Longhurst, Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry, United Medical and Dental Schools of St Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals, London.