Kundoc.com Handbook Of Orthodontics 4th Edition [613883]

99 J. Dent. 1989;17: 99-100
Book Reviews
Section Editor: P. N. Hirschmann
Oral Medicine: Colour Aids in Dentistry.
C. Scully and R. A. Cawson. Pp. 156. 1988. Edinburgh,
Churchill Livingstone. Softback, f9.95.
This is the second in this publishers dental series of
Colour Aids, adding to Cawson’s earlier ‘Oral Pathology’.
The book is in a 5-by-7-inch format with 172 high-quality
colour pictures presented on each right-hand page; the
left-hand page contains the text in note-format for each
condition. It is entering an already crowded market-place:
there are at least seven other similar books (Scully is part-
author of one) and is in direct competition with the
Pocket Picture-Guide by Lamey and Lewis. Its main
difference from the others is in describing diseases by
site. Aimed at undergraduates, postgraduates and
practitioners, it can only ever help the latter by the
‘picture matching’ approach. Undergraduates and
postgraduates may find this useful for revision prior to
examinations as, for its size, it contains much background
detail. Its strong point is the quality of the pictures. On
balance, I believe, this book may be useful to those who
learn best through ‘pictures’; others, however, who like a
little more meat on their bones will find this book
wanting.
A. S. High
Handbook of Orthodontics, 4th edition.
Robert E. Moyers. Pp. 577. 1988. London, Year Book
Medical Publishers (Wolfe Medical). Hardback, f37.50.
This is the 4th edition of a well-known textbook of
orthodontics first published in 1958. The author is
Professor of Orthodontics at the University of Michigan
and he has solicited contributions from ten other well-
known authorities without any loss of continuity of style
or purpose. Much of the scientific data included in the
text has been derived from the annual symposia held at
the world-famous Centre for Human Growth and
Development at Ann Arbor, together with the longitudinal
growth studies performed there. The book is divided into
three sections on growth and development, diagnosis,
and treatment. The basic scientific material in the first
relates to the later clinical sections with extensive cross-
referencing. The scientific basis for clinical diagnosis and
treatment is demonstrated clearly and Professor Moyers
is not slow to highlight deficiencies in our present
knowledge.
While this book will serve as an excellent reference for
the practising orthodontist, he also intends it as an
introductory text for students and a basic orthodontic
resource for the non-specialist dentist. Although not
sufficiently concise for the UK undergraduate, it is well
suited to the latter, since it does not assume any
specialised knowledge.
The goals of orthodontics should, ideally, be those of all dentistry and, as an insight into these, the author quotes
Tulley, an English orthodontist! He has likened the
treatment of malocclusion to playing a never-ending game
of chess with the devil. The dentist enters into the game
after it has started, not always able to guess what moves
have been made previously. The rules of the game, that is
the rules of bone biology, neurophysiology, muscle-
learning, psychology and the other factors, are not all
chosen by the clinician and change as the game
progresses or conditions alter. There are no winners: it is
enough just to keep the game going. Clinical goals are
not necessarily normal or ideal. Rather they are pragmatic
and determined by the state of the individual patient. The
best occlusion is that which adapts best through time,
providing continuing functional homeostasis. To
understand and achieve these goals takes much study
and clinical experience but will no doubt be assisted by
Professor Moyer’s admirable handbook.
M. J. Trenouth
A Colour Atlas of the Tongue in Clinical Diagnosis.
D. W. Beaven and S. E. Brooks. Pp. 256. 1988. London,
Wolfe Medical. Softback, f 14.95.
The aim of this atlas is to draw attention to the omission
from almost all modern medical textbooks of the time-
honoured procedure of scrutiny of the tongue in routine
general physical examination. To this end the authors, the
first of whom is a general physician in New Zealand of
many years’ clinical experience, have assembled 415
pictures of both normal and pathological tongues.
The contents are organized into 19 headings which
range from normal and developmental abnormalities
through such conventional disease classifications as
ulcerations, infections, blistering conditions and tumours
to such strange chapters as the ‘Portcullis’ syndrome
(which is simply the dropping down of loose upper
complete dentures during sleep). Each chapter begins
with a short introductory text followed by illustrations
with adjacent legends and ends with an up-to-date and
pertinent reference list.
As is to be expected from Wolfe Medical Publications,
the quality of colour illustrations is generally of a high
standard. The relevance of a number of these, however, is
far from convincing. The pathology attributed to several
figures has to be accepted with the eye of faith and could
equally be attributed to normal variations. Conversely,
some grossly abnormal appearances such as the
sublingual keratosis described as lichen planus would
very much worry the present reviewer. If there is one
major criticism of the work it is the superabundance of
illustrations. A more limited selection of more classical
presentations would be less confusing and more helpful
to the inexperienced examiner. The relevance of some
textual comments is also obscure. Although race and
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