Diagnosis and Treatment Planning in Dentistry, 4th Edition

• Clear, logical organization builds your understanding with sections on comprehensive patient evaluation, the treatment planning process, the five phases of the treatment plan, and care planning for all patients.
• What`s the Evidence? boxes cite research articles affecting clinical decision-making and treatment planning strategies.
• In Clinical Practice boxes summarize information on specific clinical situations for quick and easy review.
• Ethics in Dentistry boxes address clinical situations where ethical decision making may be required.
• Review questions summarize and reinforce the important concepts in each chapter.
• 350 full-color illustrations depict important concepts.

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