Management of Temporomandibular Disorders and Occlusion - E-Book: Management of Temporomandibular Disorders and Occlusion - E-Book

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Elsevier Health Sciences, 16 mai 2012 - 504 pages

Covering both new and proven techniques in this rapidly changing field, this classic text helps you provide solutions to many common occlusal and TMD problems. Clear descriptions and a new full-color design promote a complete understanding of normal, abnormal, and dysfunctional occlusal relationships and masticatory function and dysfunction. With its conservative, cost-effective approach, this book shows you how to achieve treatment goals while keeping your patients' best interests in mind.

  • Solid foundation of the anatomical, physiological, and biomechanical aspects of the masticatory system gives you the basic foundation for clinical use.
  • Detailed how-to information on clinical examination, data gathering, and differential diagnosis for temporomandibular disorders helps you learn to correctly plan treatment.
  • Clinical Comment boxes give you critical thinking points and instructions on how to apply these to everyday clinical practice.
  • NEW! Robust Q-website features an image library, case studies, and NBDE-style questions.
  • NEW! Full-color design offers more vivid clinical photos, illustrations, and information.
  • NEW! Major revisions to Part II with specific detail to Etiology provides more up-to-date information on this critical area.
  • NEW! Patient education sheets include the most common TMDs.
  • NEW! Updated treatment algorithms are included for each TMD.
 

Table des matières

Part I FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY
1
Part II ETIOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL DISTURBANCES IN THE MASTICATORY SYSTEM
101
Part III TREATMENT OF FUNCTIONAL DISTURBANCES OF THE MASTICATORY SYSTEM
257
Part IV OCCLUSAL THERAPY
421
Index
469
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À propos de l'auteur (2012)

Dr. Jeffrey P Okeson has dedicated his career to educating students, residents and clinicians in the areas of occlusion, temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain. He has been a full-time faculty member at the University of Kentucky for 45 years. He is recognized worldwide as an authority in the field of TMD and orofacial pain, lecturing in every state in the USA and 59 different foreign countries.

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