Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation & Advanced Root Instrumentation

by Jill S. Nield-Gehrig

This instructional guide to periodontal instrumentation takes students from the basic skills, patient positioning, intraoral finger rests, and basic instrumentation, all the way to advanced techniques, assessment of periodontal patients and instrumentation of multirooted teeth, root concavities, and furcation areas. The Fifth Edition retains the features that made this the market leading textbook on periodontal instrumentation and adds new features designed to facilitate learning and teaching, such as critical thinking activities, patient cases, learning objectives, and a glossary of instrumentation terms. A faculty resource CD-ROM includes an image bank, test bank, instructor's guide, teaching tips, and skill evaluation forms.

Genres: School

640 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Ankur · Rating 5 out of 5]

Carranza and Lindhe are good for understanding the science behind periodontitis, but this is an excellent practical manual for safe and effective periodontal instrumentation. Incredibly useful book.

[Muhammad Salah]

it is a good book