Medical : Dentistry

A lively account of fluoridation and its discontents. Since its first implementation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1945, public drinking water fluoridation and its attendant conflicts, controversies, and conspiracy theories serve as an object lesson in American science, public health, and policymaking. In addition to the arguments on the issue still raging today, the tale of fluoridation and its discontents also resonates with such present concerns as genetically modified foods, global warming response, nuclear power, and environmental regulation. Offering the best current thinking on the issue, The Fluoride Wars presents a witty and detailed social history of the fluoridation debate in America, illuminating the intersection of science and politics in our recent past. This reader-friendly assessment explores the pro- and anti-fluoridation movements, key players, and important events. Full of amusing and vivid anecdotes and examples, this accessible recounting includes:. A careful and non-condescending look at the hard science, popular science, pseudo-science, and junk science involved;. A look at fluoride issues including dosage, cost, financial and funding interests, fluorosis, and problems of risk-cost-benefit analysis;. The back-and-forth drama between pro- and anti-fluoridation factions, with all its claims, counterclaims, insults, acrimony, and lawsuits;. Case studies of various cities and their experiences with municipal water fluoridation initiatives;. Fluorophobia and popular conspiracy theories involving fluoride;. The colorful characters in the debate including activists, scientists, magicians, and politicians. A richly and considerately told tale of American science and public life, The Fluoride Wars offers an engrossing history to both interested general readers and specialists in public health, dentistry, policymaking, and related fields. more...

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Esthetic dentistry and implant dentistry continue to grow in patient demand and professional popularity. More now than ever, clinicians are faced with the need to combine form with function, art with science. The considerable scientific and technical leap more...

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The Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry has proposed Interface Oral Health Science as the main theme of next-generation dental research since 2002. That theme is based on the new concept that healthy oral function is provided by biological and biomechanical harmony among three systems: oral tissues, parasites, and biomaterials, and that oral diseases are interpreted as "interface diseases" caused by disruption of the intact interfaces among those systems. The Second International Symposium was organized to promote advances in dental research and to activate interdisciplinary research with related fields by putting interface oral health science into practice. Researchers at the global forefront of the field participated in the symposium, the contents of which are summarized in this book. Also included are the text of a lecture by the president of Tohoku University, an educational lecture by the vice-dean of King's College London Dental Institute, the contents of three symposia and more than 70 poster presentations. more...

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This book selects widely from the range of conditions managed by and operations performed by maxillofacial surgeons. The scientific aspects underlying the diagnoses are presented and a comprehensive plan of surgical management is offered for patients with the conditions discussed. This book is an ideal revision source for trainees taking postgraduate examinations in this area. more...

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Why are Americans so uniquely obsessed with teeth? Perfect white, straight teeth. Making the American Mouth is at once a history of U.S. dentistry and a study of a billion-dollar industry. Alyssa Picard chronicles the forces that limited Americans’ access to dental care in the early twentieth century and addresses the ways dentists worked to expand that access—and improve the public image of their profession. Comprehensive in scope, Making the American Mouth describes how dentists’ early public health commitments withered under the strain of fights over fluoride, midcentury social movements for racial and gender equity, and pressure to insure dental costs. Picard explains how dentists came to promote cosmetic services, and why Americans were so eager to purchase them. Her epilogue caps the book with a look at the aesthetics and cultural currency of the perfect American mouth. more...

Price: $41.00