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This book, now in an extensively revised second edition, describes the latest developments in planning, materials, provides the practitioner with a framework for establishing a diagnosis and developing a suitable treatment plan in patients presenting with a range of developmental defects of the teeth and the craniofacial complex. The conditions covered include failure of tooth eruption, hypodontia, premature tooth exfoliation, defects of enamel development, and defects of dentin development, with full consideration of both syndromic and non-syndromic defects, including facial clefting. In each case the phenotype and genotype are first described, followed by diagnostic information, including the availability of genetic testing, and treatment options. Summarizing tables highlight the key diagnostic features, and helpful illustrated case presentations are included. Cleft palate is addressed, with details on etiology, phenotypes, treatment timing and approaches, and dental management. The closing chapter provides stimulating reflections on potential future directions in the diagnosis and treatment of these disorders.
List of contents
1. Developmental Defects of the Craniofacial Complex and Dentition Scope and Challenges.- 2. Failure of Tooth Eruption: Diagnosis and Management.- 3. Conditions Associated with Premature Exfoliation of Primary Teeth or Delayed Eruption of Permanent Teeth.- 4. Treatment of Non-Syndromic Anomalies of Tooth Number.- 5. Syndromic Hypodontia and Oligodontia Ectodermal Dysplasias.- 6. Diagnosis and Management of Defects of Enamel Development.- 7. Defects of Dentin Development.- 8. Management of Patients with Orofacial Clefts.- 9. Is Beauty Only Skin Deep? Psychosocial, ethical and community aspects of Facial Difference.
About the author
J. Timothy Wright gained his DDS from West Virginia University School of Dentistry and his MS/Cert from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he also completed a postdoctoral fellowship. In 1990 he received his board certification from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Since then he has been a member of the Graduate Faculty of the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, becoming Professor in the UNC School of Dentistry in 1995. Dr. Wright served as Chair of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at UNC School of Dentistry (2004-2014). He has in the past also had terms as Colgate Visiting Professor at Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, Visiting Professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, and Gorlin Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota. On three occasions Dr. Wright has won the William J Gies Award from the American Association for Dental Research. In 2006 he was appointed James Bawden Distinguished Professor at UNC and in 2012 he received an Honorary Lifetime Membership Award from the UNC Dental Alumni Association. He has served on numerous committees and other bodies, including as Chair of the American Dental Association’s Council on Scientific Affairs. Dr. Wright currently sits on the Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s Scientific Affairs Committee and chairs that organizations Evidence Based Dentistry Committee. Has has served as the President of the American Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research and currently serves as Editor in Chief for the Journal of there American Dental Association. He has published 3 texts, 30 chapters, over 220 peer reviewed manuscripts and has had extensive funding from the National Institutes of Health to support his research.
Summary
This book, now in an extensively revised second edition, describes the latest developments in planning, materials, provides the practitioner with a framework for establishing a diagnosis and developing a suitable treatment plan in patients presenting with a range of developmental defects of the teeth and the craniofacial complex. The conditions covered include failure of tooth eruption, hypodontia, premature tooth exfoliation, defects of enamel development, and defects of dentin development, with full consideration of both syndromic and non-syndromic defects, including facial clefting. In each case the phenotype and genotype are first described, followed by diagnostic information, including the availability of genetic testing, and treatment options. Summarizing tables highlight the key diagnostic features, and helpful illustrated case presentations are included. Cleft palate is addressed, with details on etiology, phenotypes, treatment timing and approaches, and dental management. The closing chapter provides stimulating reflections on potential future directions in the diagnosis and treatment of these disorders.
