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 The Complete Dentist Manual                                                                                              Marian-Vladimir
                                                                                                                          Constantinescu
                                                                                                                                         DDS, PhD
                                                                                                                Holistic Dental & Medical Institute
   Authors: Peter E. Dawson / John C. Cranham                                                                          of Bucharest - ROPOSTURO,
                                                                                                                              Bucharest, Romania
   Publisher: Widiom Publishing,                                                                                                            e-mail:
   LLC, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA                                                                       dr.vladimir.constantinescu@gmail.com
   Language: English
   ISBN: 978-0-9985336-0-5
   Edition: 1/e
   Published: 2017




                                                                                                                          Books Review
   Pages: 370, illustrated
   Price: 149.00 $


During my career, I first had the opportunity to get in touch and attentively study a book entitled "Evaluation,
diagnosis, and treatment of occlusal problems" and then coordinate my work in accordance with "TMJ
Functional Occlusion at Smile Design "by Peter E. Dawson. Recently, thanks to the well-known and tireless
Dr. Peter E. Dawson, I received the most recent of his publications. The Complete Dental Manual presents
the essential experience of Dr. Peter E. Dawson, DDS and John C. Cranham, DDS, as well as the work done for
thousands of patients at the Dawson Academy for Advanced Dental Study.
The book contains 43 chapters, a guide from "Usual and Customary" to "Complete Patient Care," which uses
objective criteria for comprehensive examinations, comprehensive patient care, and patient management.
Each chapter is clearly presented and suggestively illustrated by numerous high-quality images.
The first chapters describe the concept of Complete Dentist as a system physician and how to measure
success with objective criteria.
Following the presentation of the 10 common criteria that we have to respect in achieving a successful
occlusion treatment that assures good oral health, the book presents the most important concept for
understanding occlusion: the central relationship.
The concept of a centric relation is clearly defined, as well as how to make precise recording by manipulating
the bimanual procedure correctly required to mount the model in the articulator. TMJ stability is determined
by the adjusted centric posture. TMJ assessment is a condition that must be ensured for each patient in the
occlusal examination. TMD treatment can not be provided without a complete understanding of all TMJ
problems, unstable or uncomfortable to achieve occlusal harmony. The book also describes the criteria for
the successful restoration of anterior guidance. To be able to develop of a good treatment plan, it is necessary
to use the Dawson Diagnostic Wizard for orthodontics, surgery, or periodontics.
Quality control management for treatment planning for oral health assurance requires 3 stages: Determination,
Communication, Verification. The practitioner may be called a Complete Dentist only if he assesses orofacial
pain, vertebral dimension of occlusion (VDO), neutral zone, occlusal plane and uses diagnostic imaging
methods (CT, CBCT, MR) at each examination. The complete dentistry involving combined restorative and
orthodontic treatment, we must attach particular importance to occlusion (bite). The general practitioner
is required to become a collaborator of the orthodontist. The concept of rehabilitation through removable
partial dental protheses and dental implants is also tackled along with the interdisciplinary team coordination
criteria (restorative dentist, periodontist, orthodontist, maxillofacial surgeon).
Finally, the way how Complete Dentists can attract and retain new patients by exemplifying different protocols
is presented.
"The Complete Dentist Manual" is a plea from the usual to tooth repair to becoming a masticatory physician,
according to the Dawson Philosophy of Clinical Research.
The book is a permanent guide to quality practice, which should not be missing from the library of any
responsible dentist.




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