Navigating Evidence-Based Dentistry
Fig. 21.1 Study types and levels of scientific evidence You should start EBD search by looking for the highest available level of evidence to answer a specific clinical question (Forrest…
Local Anesthesia Challenges
Fig. 4.1 The trigeminal nerve distribution Hyperalgesia due to inflamed nerves and lowered thresholds (Byers et al. 1990). Low pH of infected/inflamed tissues reduces the amount of uncharged basic form…
Caries Risk Assessment, Remineralizing, and Desensitizing Strategies in Preventive-Restorative Dentistry
Fig. 3.1 (a) Table from the American Dental Association, this form and detailed instructions can be found athttp://www.ada.org/en/~/media/ADA/Member%20Center/FIles/topics_caries_instructions (Accessed on March 5, 2016) (“Copyright © 2009, 2011, American Dental Association….
Gingival Lesions
and Angela J. Yoon1 (1) Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA In this section we focus…
Oral Ulcers
and Angela J. Yoon1 (1) Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA It is not uncommon to…
Mucosal Lumps and Bumps with Smooth Surfaces
and Angela J. Yoon1 (1) Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA Mucosal lumps and bumps are…
Pigmented Lesions
and Angela J. Yoon1 (1) Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA Pigmented lesions of the oral…
White and Red Macules and Patches
and Angela J. Yoon1 (1) Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA It is not uncommon to…
Oral Soft Tissue Manifestations of Hematologic Abnormalities and Diseases
and Angela J. Yoon1 (1) Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA Hematologic disorders may exhibit nonspecific…
Papillary Lesions
and Angela J. Yoon1 (1) Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA A variety of papillary lesions…
Oral Manifestations of Habits and Abuses
and Angela J. Yoon1 (1) Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA 11.1 Physical Abuse Injuries to…
Mucosal Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease
and Angela J. Yoon1 (1) Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders – including…
Mucosal Manifestations of Immunosuppression
and Angela J. Yoon1 (1) Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA The clinical presentation of oral…
Mucosal Manifestations of Nutritional Deficiencies
and Angela J. Yoon1 (1) Columbia University College of Dental Medicine and Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA The cause of nutritional deficiencies…
Dental Practice
1. Asking Dr Diamond to defend his policy 2. Consulting with other staff to see if they concur that the practice is unacceptable and jointly asking Dr Diamond to permit…
Duty to Treat
The AIDS epidemic has posed so many controversial ethical issues for dentistry that virtually all of the important problems of this book could be addressed in the context of bloodborne…
About Whether Procedures Are Beneficial
In two previous chapters we have looked systematically at the problems of balancing harms and good (chapter 6) and allocating scarce resources (chapter 10). Often the good that needs to…
in Academic Life
Schools of dentistry, like other academic settings, provide a context for many ethical problems, including cheating on examinations, stealing books and school property, and straightforward physical abuses. In addition, dental…
Allocating Dental Benefit at the Societal Level
The cases in the previous three chapters posed problems in which a dentist faced a conflict between following the principle of beneficence (doing what would appear to do the most…
