Main description:

Pediatric Dentistry for Special Child is a comprehensive and highly illustrated guide to dentistry for children with special needs.

The book is divided into thirty-five chapters across eight sections, covering learning disabilities, physical disabilities, medical disorders, genetic disorders, emotional and behavioural disorders, and more. The final section covers pharmacological behaviour management in dentistry for children with special needs, including chapters on pre-medication, nitrous oxide/oxygen inhalation sedation, general anaesthesia, and paediatric dentistry in hospital.

Pediatric Dentistry for Special Child covers a wide range of conditions, from Cerebral Palsy to liver disorders, cleft lip and palate, and dyslexia. Each chapter provides management strategies, relevant to a particular paediatric disability. This book is enhanced by over 360 full colour images and illustrations, making it an ideal reference guide for paediatric dentists and paediatricians.

Key Points

Comprehensive reference guide to dentistry for children with special needs
Covers a wide range of conditions including learning, physical, medical and genetic disabilities
Includes management of children with emotional and behavioural disorders, and learning difficulties
364 full colour images and illustrations

Contents:

Section 1: Basic Concepts

General Considerations

Section 2: Intellectually Challenged

Mental Retardation
Cerebral Palsy
Epilepsy
Autism

Section 3: Physically Challenged

Hearing Impairments

Visual Impairments

Speech Impairments

Section 4: Medically Challenged

Cardiovascular Disorders
Respiratory Disorders
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Renal Disorders
Hematological Disorders
Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
Liver Disorders and Hepatitis
Pediatric HIV Infection

Section 5: Genetically Challenged

Down's Syndrome
Marfan Syndrome
Pierre Robin Sequence
Ectodermal Dysplasia
Cleidocranial Dysplasia
Crouzon Syndrome
Apert Syndrome
Klinefelter Syndrome
Myopathies
Treacher Collins Syndrome
Hemifacial Microsomia
Cleft Lip and Palate

Section 6: Emotionally Challenged

Child Abuse and Neglect

Section 7: Learning Disabilities

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Dyslexia

Section 8: Pharamacological Behavior Management

Premedication
Nitrous Oxide-Oxygen Inhalation Sedation
Dental General Anesthesia
Hospital Pediatric Dentistry