Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry

Enhance your skills in patient assessment, oral diagnosis, and treatment planning! A full-color, all-in-one reference, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry, 4th Edition helps you create person-centered dental treatment plans for adolescent and adult patients. Using evidence-based research, this text shows how risk assessment, prognosis, and expected treatment outcomes factor into the planning process. Detailed coverage guides you through each phase of the treatment plan. New to this edition are chapters covering digital tools used in treatment planning and revised content in all chapters. The book renews a core section that describes how to plan and provide optimal oral health care for unique patient populations. Written by noted dentistry educators Stephen Stefanac and Samuel Nesbit, this must-have resource includes a fully searchable eBook version free with each print purchase.

Table of Contents

• SECTION 1: Patient Examination and Diagnosis
  1. Patient Evaluation and Assessment
  2. Common Diagnoses in Dentistry
  SECTION 2: The Treatment Planning Process
  3. Evidence-Based Treatment Planning: Assessment of Risk, Prognosis, and Expected Treatment Outcomes
  4. Digital Tools for Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
  5. Developing the Treatment Plan
  6. Interprofessional Treatment Planning
  7. Ethical and Legal Considerations When Treatment Planning
  SECTION 3: Phases of the Treatment Plan
  8. The Systemic Phase of Treatment
  9. The Acute Phase of Treatment 
  10. The Disease Control Phase of Treatment 
  11. The Definitive Phase of Treatment
  12. The Maintenance Phase of Care
  SECTION 4: Planning Treatment for Unique Patient Populations
  13. Patients With Special Needs
  14. Patients Who Are Substance Dependent
  15. Patients Who Are Anxious or Fearful
  16. Patients With Psychological Disorders
  17. Adolescent Patients
  18. Geriatric Patients
  19. Patients Who Are Motivationally or Financially Challenged

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