1 The Changing Nature of the Practice of Dentistry

Nairn Wilson

2 An Overview of Patterns and Trends in Oral and Dental Diseases

Jenny Gallagher

3 Requirements in the Clinical Environment

Barry Quinn and Richard Johnson

4 Communicating With Patients

Koula Asimakopoulou, Tim Newton, Sasha Scambler and Suzanne Scott

5 Obtaining Valid Consent

Igor Blum, Rebecca Moazzez and Nikki Doyle

6 Procedures in the Assessment and Examination of Patients

Stephen Dunne and Warren Birnbaum

7 Procedures and Arrangements for the Prevention of Oral and Dental Diseases

Blanaid Daly and Koula Asimakopoulou

8 Procedures in Dental Imaging

Jackie Brown and Jonathan Davies

9 Procedures in the Management of Dental Pain

Tara Renton

10 Procedures in Conscious Sedation

David Craig

11Procedures in Operative Dentistry

Richard Foxton

12 Procedures in Endodontics

Francesco Mannocci, Justin Barnes, David Jones, Edward Brady, Malissa Sikun and Manjeet Ahlowalia

13 Procedures in Implant Dentistry

Richard Palmer

14 Procedures in Oral Medicine

Michael Escudier and Saman Warnakulasuriya

15 Procedures in Oral Surgery

Tara Renton

16 Procedures in Orthodontics

Martyn Cobourne

17 Procedures in Paediatric Dentistry

Sanjeev Sood

18 Procedures in Periodontics

Mark Ide and Claire McCarthy

19 Procedures in Prosthodontics

Michael Fenlon

20 Procedures in Special Care Dentistry

Carole Boyle, Mary Burke, Julie Edwards, Ellie Heidari, Joy Lewis, Sukina Moosajee and Najla Nizarali

21 Procedures in the Management of Acute Dental Trauma

Serpil Djemal, Sanjeev Sood, Ravi Chauhan and Lakshmi Rasaratnam

22 Procedures in Aesthetic Dentistry

Subir Banerji and Shamir Mehta

23 Medical Emergencies

Kathleen Fan, Syedda Abbas, Shariff Anwar, Nikolas Fanaras, Leandros Vassiliou, Rahul Jayaram, Andrew Ross and Suranjana Lahiri

24 Audit in Dental Practice

Jackie Brown, Heather PittFord, Ellie Heidari and Dominic Flanagan

25 Procedures for the Management of Patient Concerns and Complaints

Catherine Bryant