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- •Preface
- •Using this book
- •Philosophy of the book
- •Layout and contents
- •How to use this book
- •Effective learning
- •Approaching the examinations
- •The main types of examination
- •Multiple choice questions
- •Extended matching items (EMIs)
- •Essays
- •Short notes
- •Picture questions
- •Case history questions
- •Viva/oral examination
- •Conclusions
- •List of contributors
- •1 Periodontology
- •Overview
- •1.1 Healthy periodontium
- •Radiographic features
- •Histology
- •Periodontal tissues in children
- •Radiographic features
- •Gingival crevicular fluid
- •Clinical gingival health on a reduced periodontium
- •1.2 History and examination
- •Presenting complaint
- •Gingival bleeding
- •Drifting of teeth
- •Loose teeth
- •Bad taste and halitosis
- •Pain
- •Dental history
- •Social history
- •Medical history
- •Examination
- •Extraoral examination
- •Intraoral examination
- •Gingiva
- •Periodontal probing
- •Furcation involvement
- •Tooth mobility
- •Radiographic evaluation
- •1.3 Gingivitis
- •Gingivitis: Dental biofilm-induced
- •Clinical features
- •Treatment
- •Gingivitis: Mediated by systemic or local risk factors
- •Gingivitis: Mediated by sex steroid hormones
- •Clinical features
- •Treatment
- •Primary herpetic gingivostomatitis
- •Clinical features
- •Treatment
- •Complications
- •Plasma cell gingivitis
- •Clinical features
- •Treatment
- •Desquamative gingivitis
- •Clinical features
- •Treatment
- •1.4 Periodontal diseases
- •Necrotising periodontal diseases
- •Clinical features
- •Aetiology
- •Pathology
- •Risk factors
- •Treatment
- •Periodontitis
- •Clinical features
- •Pocket formation
- •Bleeding
- •Alveolar bone resorption
- •Tooth mobility
- •Gingival recession
- •Furcation lesions
- •1.5 Microbiology and pathogenesis of periodontal diseases
- •Microbiology of periodontal diseases
- •Dental plaque
- •Supragingival plaque
- •Subgingival plaque
- •Composition and formation of plaque
- •Dental calculus
- •Supragingival calculus
- •Subgingival calculus
- •Periodontal health
- •Plaque-induced gingivitis
- •Periodontitis
- •Pathogenesis of periodontal diseases
- •Gingivitis
- •Pathogenesis
- •Histopathology
- •Initiation of gingivitis
- •Periodontitis
- •Pathogenesis
- •Histopathology
- •Risk factors
- •Tobacco smoking
- •Diabetes mellitus
- •Predisposing (plaque-retentive) factors
- •Overhanging restorations
- •Treatment
- •Defective crown margins
- •Treatment
- •Bridge pontics
- •Treatment
- •Partial dentures
- •Prevention
- •Treatment
- •Orthodontic appliances
- •Prevention
- •Treatment
- •1.7 Furcation and periodontal–endodontic lesions
- •Periodontal abscesses
- •Treatment
- •Furcation lesions
- •Furcation anatomy
- •Root anatomy
- •Distribution of furcation lesions
- •Treatment
- •Root surface instrumentation
- •Flap surgery
- •Furcoplasty
- •Tunnel preparation
- •Bone regeneration
- •Root amputation
- •Extraction
- •Prognosis
- •Endodontic–periodontal lesions
- •Primary endodontic lesions
- •Endodontic lesions with secondary periodontal involvement
- •Primary periodontal lesions
- •Periodontal lesions with secondary endodontic involvement
- •Combined lesions
- •1.8 Gingival problems
- •Gingival recession
- •Aetiology
- •Clinical features
- •Predisposing factors
- •Treatment
- •Gingival enlargement
- •Gingival fibromatosis
- •Chronic hyperplastic gingivitis
- •Incidence
- •Clinical features
- •Histopathology
- •Pathogenesis
- •Treatment
- •Crohn’s disease
- •Orofacial granulomatosis
- •Acute leukaemia
- •Treatment
- •Sarcoidosis
- •Wegener’s granulomatosis
- •Epulides
- •Aetiology
- •Clinical features
- •Treatment
- •Iatrogenic gingival enlargement
- •Denture-induced enlargement
- •Patterns of progression of periodontitis
- •1.6 Risk factors and predisposing factors
- •Orthodontically induced enlargement
- •Cystic lesions
- •1.9 Trauma and the periodontium
- •Self-inflicted trauma
- •Factitious gingivitis
- •Oral hygiene practices
- •Iatrogenic trauma
- •Traumatic occlusal forces
- •Historical perspective
- •Occlusal interferences
- •Clinical features
- •Treatment
- •Traumatic incisor relationships
- •Treatment
- •1.10 Periodontal manifestations of syndromes and medical conditions
- •Down syndrome
- •Clinical features
- •Treatment
- •Papillon–lefevre syndrome
- •Clinical features
- •Treatment
- •Ehlers–danlos syndrome
- •Clinical features
- •Pathology
- •Treatment
- •Leukocyte adhesion-deficiency syndrome
- •Clinical features
- •Pathology
- •Treatment
- •Langerhans cell histiocytosis
- •Clinical features
- •Hypophosphatasia
- •Clinical features
- •Treatment
- •1.11 Treatment of periodontal disease
- •Mechanical plaque control
- •Powered toothbrushes
- •Toothbrushes
- •Toothpastes
- •Toothbrushing techniques
- •Bass technique
- •Charters’ technique
- •Interproximal cleaning AIDS
- •Dental floss
- •Interspace brushes
- •Interdental brushes
- •Chemical plaque control
- •Cationic agents
- •Chlorhexidine digluconate
- •Quaternary ammonium compounds
- •Phenols
- •Listerine
- •Triclosan
- •Root surface instrumentation
- •Periodontal instruments
- •Techniques
- •Surgical treatment
- •Flap surgery
- •Replaced flap, no bone removal
- •Indications
- •Advantages
- •Disadvantages
- •Apically repositioned flap, no bone removal
- •Indications
- •Advantage
- •Disadvantage
- •Apically repositioned flap, with bone removal
- •Indications
- •Advantage
- •Disadvantages
- •Crown lengthening
- •Indications for crown lengthening
- •Gingivectomy
- •Guided tissue regeneration
- •Mucogingival surgery
- •Self-assessment: Questions
- •Multiple choice questions (true/false)
- •Extended matching items questions
- •Single best answer questions
- •Case history question
- •Picture questions
- •Picture 1
- •Picture 2
- •Picture 3
- •Picture 4
- •Picture 5
- •Short note questions
- •Self-assessment: Answers
- •Multiple choice answers
- •Extended matching items answers
- •Single best answer questions answers
- •Case history answers
- •Picture answers
- •Picture 1
- •Picture 2
- •Picture 3
- •Picture 4
- •Picture 5
- •Short note answers
- •References
- •2 Endodontics
- •Overview
- •2.1 Pulpal and periradicular pathology
- •Infective source - bacteria
- •Mechanical irritants
- •Chemical irritants
- •Pulp disease
- •Periradicular disease
- •2.2 Patient assessment
- •Patient history
- •Clinical examination
- •Extraoral examination
- •Intraoral examination
- •Special tests
- •Checklist for radiographic assessment
- •Diagnosis
- •Case selection and treatment
- •Treatment planning
- •2.3 Vital pulp therapy
- •Strategies for vital pulp treatment (VPT)
- •Indirect pulp capping
- •Procedure outline (fig. 2.4)
- •Direct pulp capping
- •Procedure outline (fig. 2.5)
- •Partial pulpotomy
- •Procedure outline (fig. 2.6)
- •Full pulpotomy
- •Procedure outline (fig. 2.7)
- •Pulpectomy
- •Follow-up and outcomes for VPT
- •2.4 Root canal morphology
- •Important general considerations of pulpal anatomy
- •Pulp chamber anatomy
- •Root anatomy
- •Apical anatomy changes with age
- •Access
- •Coronal access
- •Radicular access
- •Endodontic access openings, lengths and configurations
- •Incisor and canine teeth
- •Premolar teeth
- •Maxillary molars
- •Mandibular molars
- •Access: Prior considerations
- •Dental dam
- •Access technique
- •2.5 Root canal preparation – cleaning and shaping of the root canal system
- •Biological objectives of cleaning and shaping the root canal system
- •Mechanical objectives of cleaning and shaping the root canal system
- •Instrument manipulation
- •Irrigation
- •Canal preparation
- •Canal exploration
- •Pre-enlargement and straight-line radicular access
- •Length determination and apical patency
- •Apical patency
- •Apical preparation
- •Apical preparation with conventional instruments
- •Apical preparation with NiTi instruments
- •Rotary Nickel–Titanium instrumentation technique
- •One visit root canal treatment
- •2.6 Root canal obturation
- •Requirements before root canal filling
- •Types of root filling materials
- •Gutta-Percha filling techniques
- •Single cone
- •Lateral condensation of Gutta-Percha
- •Thermomechanical compaction
- •Lateral condensation and thermocompaction of Gutta-Percha
- •Warm vertical condensation
- •Carrier-based systems
- •Management of the wide and open apex
- •Coronal seal
- •Overfills
- •2.7 Restoration of endodontically treated teeth
- •2.8 Root canal retreatment
- •Retreatment procedures
- •Access for retreatment
- •Removal of post and cores
- •Removing cast and metal posts
- •Removal of glass-fibre posts
- •Removal of root canal obturation materials
- •Removal of Gutta-Percha
- •Removal of pastes
- •Removal of silver points
- •Removal of fractured instruments
- •Success rate of root canal retreatment
- •2.9 Surgical endodontics
- •Surgical assessment
- •Consent
- •Procedure
- •Site preparation and local anaesthesia
- •Flap design, elevation and retraction
- •Bone removal
- •Root end resection
- •Haemostasis
- •Root end preparation
- •Root end filling materials
- •Debridement and closure
- •Corrective surgery
- •Extraction with subsequent replantation
- •Self-assessment: Questions
- •Multiple choice questions (true/false)
- •Single best answer questions
- •Picture questions
- •Short notes questions
- •Self-assessment: Answers
- •Multiple choice answers
- •Single best answer question answers
- •Picture questions answers
- •Short notes answers
- •Reference
- •3 Conservative dentistry
- •Overview
- •3.1 Examination, diagnosis and treatment planning
- •Relevant anatomy
- •Enamel
- •Dentine
- •3.2 Caries
- •Principles of management
- •Current systems of assessment and management
- •Risk assessment
- •Clinical assessment
- •Risk management
- •Initial management
- •Root caries
- •Non-operative management
- •Operative management
- •Deep lesions
- •Cavity finalisation
- •Liners
- •Isolation
- •Matrix use
- •3.3 Resin bonding
- •Enamel bonding
- •Dentine bonding
- •Bond degradation
- •3.4 Materials for direct restorations
- •Indications for restoration
- •Direct resin composite restorative materials
- •Placement techniques
- •Advantages and disadvantages of composite restorations
- •Amalgam
- •Disadvantages
- •Glass ionomer cements
- •3.5 Tooth surface loss
- •Erosion
- •Abrasion
- •Attrition
- •Abfraction
- •Management
- •3.6 Indirect restorations
- •Coverage
- •Extracoronal
- •Intracoronal
- •Material
- •Manufacture
- •Layering
- •Retention of indirect restorations
- •Mechanical retention
- •Adhesive retention
- •Why indirect restorations?
- •Clinical evidence
- •Indirect restorations and root filled teeth
- •Why are root filled teeth extracted?
- •3.7 Biomechanical considerations
- •Stabilisation and managing risk
- •Indirect restorations and loss of pulp vitality
- •Planning aesthetic changes
- •Occlusal considerations
- •Tooth preparation
- •Measuring reduction
- •Crown preparations
- •Occlusal reduction
- •Axial reduction
- •Margin location
- •In relation to gingival margins
- •In relation to adjacent teeth
- •In relation to restorations
- •Onlay preparations
- •Posterior indications for indirect restorations
- •Compromised anterior teeth
- •Veneers
- •Indirect restoration impression techniques
- •Provisionalisation
- •Cementation
- •Laboratory prescription
- •Survival of indirect restorations
- •3.8 Bridges
- •Clinical assessment
- •Periodontal health
- •Tooth positions in relation to the edentulous span
- •Previous restoration
- •Fixed–fixed or cantilever design?
- •Pontic design
- •Material choices
- •Adhesive bridgework: To prepare or not to prepare?
- •Marginal preparation of teeth
- •Obtaining interocclusal space
- •Preparation of teeth to provide interocclusal space
- •Self-assessment: Questions
- •Single best answer questions
- •Multiple choice questions (true/false)
- •Case history questions
- •Case history 1
- •Case history 2
- •Case history 3
- •Self-assessment: Answers
- •Single best answer questions answers
- •Multiple choice answers
- •Case history answers
- •Case history 1
- •Case history 2
- •Case history 3
- •4 Prosthodontics
- •Overview
- •4.1 Complete dentures
- •Patient assessment
- •Retention
- •Stability
- •Occlusion
- •Clinical techniques
- •Visit 1: Preliminary impressions
- •Laboratory prescription
- •Requirements for trays
- •Visit 2: Master impressions
- •Laboratory prescription
- •Visit 3: Recording jaw relations
- •Clinical procedure
- •Laboratory prescription
- •Visit 4: Trial dentures
- •Final laboratory prescription
- •Porosity
- •Visit 5: Final dentures
- •Check record
- •Advice to patients
- •Denture maintenance
- •Common complaints of the edentulous patient
- •Relines or rebases
- •Advantages of a reline
- •Advantages of a rebase
- •4.2 Copy/duplicate dentures
- •Indications
- •Clinical advantages
- •Technical advantages
- •Alginate copy box/silicone copy technique
- •First clinical stage
- •Laboratory stage
- •Second clinical stage
- •Final laboratory stage
- •Third clinical stage
- •Common problems
- •4.3 Immediate replacement dentures
- •Advantages of immediate dentures
- •Disadvantages of immediate dentures
- •Types of immediate denture
- •Diagnosis
- •Treatment planning
- •Clinical stages
- •Laboratory stage
- •Surgery
- •Review appointments
- •4.4 Overdentures
- •Indications
- •Contraindications
- •Advantages of overdentures
- •Abutment
- •Periodontal disease
- •Preparation of coronal root surface
- •Evidence base for this clinical approach to overdenture denture construction (Crum and Rooney 1978)
- •The McGill consensus statement on overdentures (Feine et al 2002)
- •4.5 Removable partial dentures
- •Partial denture classification
- •Preliminary impressions
- •Laboratory prescription
- •Design
- •Second clinical visit
- •Recording jaw relationships
- •Occlusal contact in intercuspal position
- •Laboratory prescription
- •Master impressions
- •Laboratory prescription
- •The metal framework
- •Altered cast technique
- •The trial denture
- •Laboratory prescription
- •Final denture insertion
- •Advice to the patient
- •Review appointment
- •Evidence-based approach to the provision of partial dentures (Graham et al 2006)
- •Why do dentists struggle with removable partial denture design? An assessment of financial and educational issues (Lynch and Allen 2006)
- •Critical review of some dogmas in prosthodontics (Carlsson 2009)
- •Self-assessment: Questions
- •Multiple choice questions (true/false)
- •Extended matching items questions
- •Case history questions
- •Case history 1
- •Case history 2
- •Short note questions
- •Essay question
- •Self-assessment: Answers
- •Multiple choice answers
- •Extended matching items answers
- •Case history answers
- •Case history 1
- •Case history 2
- •Short note answers
- •Essay answer
- •Introduction
- •Important features to discuss
- •References
- •5 Restorative management of dental implants
- •Overview
- •5.1 Basic implant terminology and componentry
- •Implants
- •Abutments
- •Implant restorations
- •5.2 Planning implant restorations
- •Indications
- •Contraindications and relative contraindications
- •Case selection
- •Prosthodontically driven (or reverse) planning
- •Special investigations and detailed planning
- •Types of restoration
- •Timing of procedures
- •5.3 Surgical phases
- •Pre-implant placement
- •Implant placement
- •Abutment connection
- •Immediate restoration of implants
- •Delayed restoration of implants
- •5.5 Maintenance phase
- •Long-term follow-up
- •Complications
- •Self-assessment: Questions
- •Extended matching items questions
- •Short notes question
- •Single best answer questions
- •Self-assessment: Answers
- •Extended matching items answers
- •Short notes answer
- •Single best answer questions answers
- •6 Conscious sedation in dentistry
- •Introduction
- •6.1 Conscious sedation
- •Indications for sedation
- •Psychosocial indications
- •Medical indications
- •Dental indications
- •Contraindications to sedation
- •Psychosocial contraindications
- •Unaccompanied patients
- •Medical contraindications
- •Severe or uncontrolled systemic disease
- •Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- •Severe psychological/psychiatric problems
- •Thyroid dysfunction
- •Pregnancy and lactation
- •Contraindications to inhalation sedation with nitrous oxide
- •Contraindications to intravenous sedation with midazolam
- •Dental contraindications
- •Patient assessment
- •The assessment process
- •Dental history
- •Medical history
- •Dental examination
- •Physical examination
- •Establish rapport with the patient and deal with misconceptions
- •6.2 Pharmacology of sedative agents
- •Nitrous oxide
- •Physical properties of nitrous oxide
- •Anaesthetic and analgesic properties
- •Effects of chronic exposure to nitrous oxide
- •The benzodiazepines
- •Mechanism of action
- •Side-effects of intravenous benzodiazepines
- •Available benzodiazepines for sedation
- •Midazolam
- •Other benzodiazepines
- •The future
- •Remimiazolam
- •Benzodiazepine antagonist drugs
- •Flumazenil
- •Opioids
- •Opioid antagonist drugs
- •Naloxone
- •Propofol
- •Clinical effects of propofol
- •Side-effects of propofol
- •The distribution and elimination of propofol
- •Ketamine
- •6.3 Current conscious sedation techniques
- •Basic sedation techniques
- •Inhalation sedation
- •Advantages of inhalation sedation
- •Disadvantages of inhalation sedation
- •Technique for inhalation sedation
- •Signs and symptoms of adequate sedation with nitrous oxide
- •Signs and symptoms of oversedation
- •Recovery from sedation
- •Dental professionals who can administer inhalation sedation
- •Intravenous sedation
- •Advantages of intravenous sedation
- •Disadvantages of intravenous sedation
- •Technique of intravenous sedation
- •Equipment required for intravenous sedation
- •Preparation of the drugs
- •Preparation of the patient
- •Intravenous cannulation
- •Signs of adequate sedation
- •Dental treatment under intravenous sedation
- •Recovery from intravenous sedation
- •Complications of intravenous sedation
- •Complications associated with intravenous cannulation.
- •Problems associated with sedation.
- •Reversal of intravenous sedation
- •Indications for reversal
- •Contraindications to reversal
- •Oral sedation and transmucosal sedation
- •Disadvantages
- •Technique for oral sedation
- •Technique for intranasal sedation
- •Advanced sedation techniques
- •Intravenous sedation with combinations of drugs
- •Intravenous sedation with propofol
- •Inhalation sedation using any agent other than nitrous oxide/oxygen alone
- •Monitoring of sedated patients
- •Clinical monitoring
- •Electromechanical monitoring
- •Non-invasive blood pressure recording during sedation
- •Pulse oximetry
- •Reservoir bag on a relative analgesia machine
- •The future
- •Capnography
- •Bispectral index monitoring
- •6.4 Dental treatment planning
- •6.5 Medicolegal aspects
- •Self-assessment: Questions
- •Multiple choice questions
- •Extended matching items questions
- •Case history question
- •Case history
- •Medical history
- •Dental history
- •Intraoral examination
- •Picture questions
- •Picture 1
- •Picture 2
- •Short note questions
- •Viva questions
- •Self-assessment: Answers
- •Multiple choice answers
- •Extended matching items answers
- •Case history answer
- •Picture answers
- •Picture 1
- •Picture 2
- •Short note answers
- •Viva answers
- •7 Paediatric dentistry I
- •Overview
- •7.1 Tooth development and eruption
- •7.2 Management of the child patient
- •Motor development
- •Perceptual development
- •Language development
- •Social development
- •Adolescence
- •Helping anxious patients cope
- •7.3 History, examination and treatment planning
- •Extraoral
- •Intraoral
- •Caries diagnosis
- •Abnormalities in dental development
- •Detection of bony or dental pathology
- •Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)
- •Other investigations
- •7.4 Caries
- •Restorative materials
- •Isolation
- •Management of caries affecting primary teeth
- •Management of caries affecting permanent teeth
- •Anterior teeth
- •7.5 Tooth discolouration
- •Indications
- •Effectiveness
- •Indication
- •Contraindications
- •Vital bleaching
- •Indications in paediatric dentistry
- •Recall
- •Effectiveness
- •Indications
- •Contraindications
- •7.6 Tooth surface loss (wear)
- •Long-term review
- •7.7 Endodontics
- •Primary teeth
- •Indications
- •Isolation
- •Indications
- •Indications
- •Vital pulp therapy immature permanent molars:
- •Indications
- •Endodontic treatment of root fractured teeth:
- •Root resorption of permanent teeth
- •7.8. Molar-incisor hypomineralisation
- •Self-assessment: Questions
- •Self-assessment: Answers
- •References
- •8 Paediatric dentistry II
- •Overview
- •8.1 Traumatic injuries
- •Assessment
- •History
- •Dental history
- •Medical history
- •Extraoral examination
- •Intraoral examination
- •Radiographic examination
- •Periapical radiographs
- •Occlusal radiographs
- •Orthopantogram
- •Photography
- •Primary dentition
- •Crown fractures
- •Uncomplicated crown fracture
- •Complicated crown fracture
- •Crown root fracture
- •Root fracture
- •Concussion, subluxation and luxation injuries
- •Concussion
- •Subluxation
- •Extrusive luxation
- •Lateral luxation
- •Intrusive luxation
- •Avulsion
- •Sequelae of injuries to the primary dentition
- •Pulpal necrosis
- •Pulpal obliteration
- •Root resorption
- •Injuries to developing permanent teeth
- •Permanent dentition
- •Injuries to the hard dental tissues and the pulp
- •Enamel infraction
- •Enamel fracture
- •Enamel–dentine fracture
- •Complicated crown fracture
- •Uncomplicated crown root fracture
- •Complicated crown root fracture
- •Root fracture
- •Splinting
- •Periodontal ligament injuries
- •Apical and middle third root fractures
- •Dento-alveolar fractures
- •Coronal third root fractures
- •Splint construction
- •Injuries to the periodontal tissues
- •Concussion
- •Subluxation
- •Extrusive luxation
- •Lateral luxation
- •Intrusive luxation
- •Avulsion and replantation
- •Injuries to supporting alveolar bone
- •Child safeguarding
- •8.2 Dental anomalies
- •Number and morphology
- •Hypodontia
- •Incidence
- •Management
- •Supernumerary teeth
- •Incidence
- •Diagnosis
- •Management
- •Macrodontia
- •Incidence
- •Management
- •Microdontia
- •Incidence
- •Management
- •Double teeth
- •Incidence
- •Dens invaginatus
- •Incidence
- •Management
- •Dens evaginatus
- •Incidence
- •Management
- •Talon cusp
- •Incidence
- •Management
- •Taurodontism
- •Incidence
- •Defects of enamel
- •Chronological disturbances
- •Fluorosis
- •Amelogenesis imperfecta
- •Incidence
- •Management
- •Defects of dentine
- •Dentinogenesis imperfecta type II (hereditary opalescent dentine)
- •Incidence
- •Dentine dysplasia type I (radicular dentine dysplasia; rootless teeth)
- •Dentine dysplasia type II (coronal dentine dysplasia)
- •Dentinogenesis imperfecta type I with osteogenesis imperfecta
- •Environmentally determined dentine defects
- •Management of enamel and dentine defects
- •Eruption and exfoliation disorders
- •Premature eruption
- •Natal and neonatal teeth
- •Management
- •Delayed eruption
- •Premature exfoliation
- •Delayed exfoliation
- •Incidence of infraocclusion
- •Treatment of infraocclusion
- •8.3 Special needs
- •Congenital cardiac disease
- •Dental management
- •Bleeding disorders
- •Inherited coagulation disorders
- •Thrombocytopenia
- •Dental management.
- •Haemophilias
- •von Willebrand’s disease
- •Red and white cell disorders
- •Red cell disorders: Anaemias
- •Management
- •Neutrophils
- •Neutrophil deficiencies and t cell defects
- •B cell deficiencies
- •Dental management
- •Leukaemia
- •Dental management
- •Respiratory disease
- •Asthma
- •Dental management
- •Cystic fibrosis
- •Dental management
- •Metabolic and endocrine disorders
- •Diabetes mellitus
- •Dental management
- •Hypopituitarism
- •Hyperpituitarism (gigantism)
- •Thyroid disorders
- •Dental management
- •Parathyroid disorders
- •Neoplastic disease
- •Dental management
- •Organ transplantation
- •Kidney, heart, liver and pancreas transplantation
- •Dental management
- •Bone marrow transplantation
- •Dental management
- •Graft-versus-host disease
- •Diagnosis
- •Oral disease associated with HIV
- •Renal disease
- •Dental management
- •Drug interactions in renal disease
- •Hepatic disease
- •Dental management
- •Hepatitis A, b, c
- •Neurological disease
- •Febrile convulsions
- •Epilepsy
- •Dental management
- •Cerebral palsy
- •Visual impairment
- •Deafness
- •Developmental disability
- •Dental management
- •Autism
- •Self-assessment: Questions
- •Multiple choice questions (true/false)
- •Extended matching items questions
- •Picture questions
- •Picture 1
- •Picture 2
- •Short note questions
- •Single best answer questions
- •Self-assessment: Answers
- •Multiple choice answers
- •Extended matching items answers
- •Picture answers
- •Picture 1
- •Picture 2
- •Short note answers
- •Single best answer question answers
- •References
- •9 Orthodontics I: Development, assessment and treatment planning
- •Overview
- •9.1 Craniofacial growth and occlusal development
- •Craniofacial growth
- •Pattern of craniofacial growth
- •Control of facial growth
- •Growth prediction
- •Growth of the craniofacial skeleton
- •Calvarium
- •Cranial base
- •Maxillary complex
- •Mandible
- •Growth rotations
- •Soft tissue growth
- •Occlusal development
- •Development of the primary dentition
- •Development of the permanent dentition
- •Maturational changes in the occlusion
- •Classification of malocclusion
- •Index of orthodontic treatment need (IOTN)
- •Index of orthognathic functional treatment need (IOFTN)
- •Aetiology of malocclusion
- •Skeletal problems
- •Crowding
- •9.3 Patient assessment in orthodontics
- •Assessment
- •Timing
- •Demand for treatment
- •History
- •Medical history
- •Cardiac defects with infective endocarditis risk
- •Recurrent oral ulceration
- •Epilepsy
- •Diabetes
- •Hay fever/asthma
- •Transverse plane
- •Soft tissue assessment
- •Speech
- •Habits
- •Temporomandibular joints
- •Mandibular path of closure
- •Intraoral examination
- •Assessment of the upper and lower arches
- •Lower arch
- •Upper arch
- •Assessments with the teeth in occlusion
- •Diagnostic records
- •Study models
- •Extra- and intraoral photographs
- •Special investigations
- •Sensibility tests
- •Radiography – conventional or digital
- •Dental panoramic tomograph (DPT)
- •Upper anterior occlusal
- •Periapical and bitewing radiographs
- •Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)
- •Lateral cephalometric radiograph
- •Cephalometric analysis
- •Uses of lateral cephalometric analysis
- •A diagnostic aid and pre-treatment reference
- •A means of checking treatment progress
- •A means of assessing treatment and growth changes
- •Dentofacial research
- •Aim and objective of cephalometric analysis
- •Cephalometric interpretation
- •Anteroposterior skeletal pattern
- •Vertical skeletal pattern (MMPA and facial proportion) (fig. 9.12)
- •Incisor position
- •Analysis of soft tissues
- •9.4 Principles of orthodontic treatment planning
- •Problem list and treatment need
- •Dental health and function
- •Nickel allergies
- •Latex allergy
- •Bleeding diatheses
- •Arthritis or osteoporosis/bisphosphonates
- •Dental history
- •Social history
- •Clinical examination
- •Extraoral examination
- •Anteroposterior plane
- •Vertical plane
- •Summary
- •Limitations of orthodontic treatment
- •Aims of treatment
- •Treatment planning
- •Plan the lower arch
- •Plan the upper arch
- •Plan the final buccal segment relationship and the need for closure of any residual spaces
- •Plan the mechanics and consider the anchorage demands
- •Treatment timing
- •Retention
- •Final presentation
- •Creating space for desired tooth movement
- •Space assessment
- •Extractions
- •General factors
- •Local factors
- •Extraction of teeth in the buccal segment
- •Extraction of teeth in the labial segment
- •Canines
- •Interproximal reduction (IPR)
- •Arch expansion (lateral or anteroposterior)
- •Distal movement of the upper molars
- •Combination of means
- •Self-assessment: Questions
- •Multiple choice questions (true/false)
- •Extended matching items questions
- •Case history question
- •Picture questions
- •Picture 1
- •Picture 2
- •Data interpretation question
- •Short note questions
- •Viva questions
- •Single best answer questions
- •Self-assessment: Answers
- •Multiple choice answers
- •Extended matching items answers
- •Case history answers
- •Picture answers
- •Picture 1
- •Picture 2
- •Data interpretation answer
- •Short note answers
- •Viva answers
- •Single best answer question answers
- •10 Orthodontics II: Management of occlusal problems
- •Overview
- •10.1 Problem solving in the developing dentition
- •Anomalies of eruption and exfoliation
- •Natal teeth
- •Eruption of teeth
- •Hypodontia
- •Absent third molars
- •Absent upper lateral incisors
- •Space closure.
- •Absent second premolars
- •Absent lower central incisors
- •Supernumerary teeth
- •Conical teeth
- •Tuberculate teeth
- •Supplemental teeth
- •Anomalies of development
- •First permanent molars with poor long-term prognosis
- •Infraoccluded primary molars
- •Impaction of the maxillary first permanent molar
- •Aberrant position of second premolars
- •Posterior crossbite with mandibular displacement
- •Treatment of anomalies by serial extractions
- •Other developmental problems
- •Early loss of primary teeth
- •Incisors
- •Canines
- •First molars
- •Second primary molars
- •Space maintenance for early tooth loss
- •Upper median diastema
- •Dilaceration
- •Traumatic loss of an upper permanent central incisor
- •Incisors in crossbite
- •Habits
- •Increased overjet
- •Ectopic maxillary canines
- •Transposition
- •Estimating the maxillary canine position
- •Management of canine displacement
- •Anomalies of size and form
- •Size
- •Form
- •Double teeth
- •Accessory cusps and evaginated teeth
- •10.2 Class I malocclusion
- •Treatment
- •Bimaxillary proclination
- •Spacing
- •10.3 Class II malocclusion
- •Division 1
- •Prevalence and aetiology
- •Skeletal relationships
- •Lips, tongue and habits
- •Crowding
- •Occlusal, dental and gingival characteristics
- •Treatment
- •Treatment for an underlying class II skeletal relationship
- •Retention and post-treatment stability
- •Division 2
- •Aetiology
- •Skeletal relationships
- •Soft tissues
- •Dental factors
- •Occlusal features
- •Treatment planning
- •Treatment
- •Proclination of the upper incisors and growth modification.
- •Post-treatment stability
- •10.4 Class III malocclusion
- •Aetiology
- •Skeletal pattern
- •Soft tissues
- •Dental factors
- •Occlusal features
- •Treatment
- •Treatment planning
- •The potential direction and extent of future facial growth
- •The incisor inclinations
- •The amount of overbite
- •The ability to achieve an edge-to-edge incisor relationship
- •The degree of upper and lower arch crowding
- •Treatment
- •Treatment in class I or mild class III skeletal pattern
- •Treatment in mild-to-moderate class III skeletal pattern
- •Treatment in severe class III skeletal pattern
- •10.5 Open bite and crossbite
- •Open bite
- •Anterior open bite
- •Aetiology
- •Treatment
- •Posterior open bite
- •Crossbite
- •Aetiology
- •Skeletal factors
- •Soft tissue factors
- •Crowding
- •Local causes
- •Treatment
- •Treatment of anterior crossbite
- •Treatment of unilateral buccal crossbite
- •Treatment of bilateral buccal crossbite
- •Treatment of lingual crossbite
- •10.6 Adult and surgical–orthodontic treatment
- •Adult orthodontics
- •Special consideration in adults
- •Adjunctive or comprehensive orthodontic treatment in the adult
- •Adjunctive treatment
- •Comprehensive treatment
- •Surgical–orthodontic treatment
- •Timing of treatment
- •Indications
- •Planning surgical–orthodontic treatment
- •Record analysis and planning
- •Orthodontic management
- •Presurgical orthodontics and at surgery
- •Surgical procedures
- •Maxilla
- •Mandible
- •Bimaxillary procedures
- •Distraction osteogenesis
- •Adjunctive facial procedures
- •Postsurgical orthodontics and follow-up
- •Stability and relapse
- •10.7 Cleft lip and palate
- •Self-assessment: Questions
- •Multiple choice questions (true/false)
- •Extended matching items questions
- •Case history questions
- •Case history 1
- •Case history 2
- •Case history 3
- •Picture questions
- •Picture 1
- •Picture 2
- •Picture 3
- •Picture 4
- •Picture 5
- •Picture 6
- •Picture 7
- •Short note questions
- •Viva question
- •Single best answer questions
- •Self-assessment: Answers
- •Multiple choice answers
- •Extended matching items answers
- •Case history answers
- •Case history 1
- •Case history 2
- •Case history 3
- •Picture answers
- •Picture 1
- •Picture 2
- •Picture 3
- •Picture 4
- •Picture 5
- •Picture 6
- •Picture 7
- •Short note answers
- •Viva answer
- •Single best answer question answers
- •11 Orthodontics III: Appliances and tooth movement
- •Overview
- •11.1 Removable appliances
- •Indications for removable appliance therapy
- •Designing a removable appliance
- •Active components
- •Retention component
- •Anchorage
- •Extraoral reinforcement of anchorage
- •Safety with headgear
- •Base plate
- •Common tooth movements required
- •Managing problems during treatment
- •Clear aligner therapy
- •11.2 Fixed appliances
- •Components
- •Brackets, bonded molar tubes and bands
- •Archwires
- •Accessories
- •Indications for fixed appliances
- •Tooth movement
- •Anchorage control
- •Appliance types
- •Preadjusted appliances
- •Fully customised appliances
- •Appliance management
- •11.3 Functional appliances
- •Mechanism of action
- •Indications
- •Practical management of patients with a functional appliance
- •Types of functional appliance
- •Twin-block appliance
- •Herbst appliance
- •Bionator
- •Medium opening activator
- •Frankel appliance
- •Headgear addition to functional appliances
- •Effects of functional appliances
- •Dentoalveolar
- •Skeletal
- •11.4 Orthodontic tooth movement and retention
- •Orthodontic tooth movement
- •Pressure zones
- •Tension zones
- •Mechanisms of tooth movement
- •Types of tooth movement, force magnitude and duration
- •Accelerated tooth movement
- •Undesirable sequelae of orthodontic force
- •Pulpal damage
- •Root resorption
- •Loss of alveolar bone height
- •Pain and mobility
- •Retention
- •Forces from the supporting tissues
- •Soft tissues
- •Occlusal factors
- •Facial growth
- •Retention strategies
- •Selection of a retention regime
- •Retainers
- •Adjunctive procedures
- •Self-assessment: Questions
- •Multiple choice questions (true/false)
- •Extended matching items questions
- •Case history questions
- •Case history 1
- •Case history 2
- •Picture questions
- •Picture 1
- •Picture 2
- •Picture 3
- •Picture 4
- •Short note questions
- •Viva questions
- •Single best answer questions
- •Self-assessment: Answers
- •Multiple choice answers
- •Extended matching items answers
- •Case history answers
- •Case history 1
- •Case history 2
- •Picture answers
- •Picture 1
- •Picture 2
- •Picture 3
- •Picture 4
- •Short note answers
- •Viva answers
- •Single best answer question answers
- •12 Professionalism, law and ethics
- •Overview
- •12.1 Principles
- •12.2 The general dental council
- •Registration with the GDC
- •Temporary registration
- •International qualifying examination
- •Overseas registration examination
- •Licence in dental surgery
- •Continuing professional development
- •Personal development planning
- •Professional standards authority
- •12.3 Titles and descriptions
- •Dentists
- •Dental care professionals (formerly professions complementary to dentistry)
- •Dental hygienists
- •Dental therapists
- •Dental nurses
- •Orthodontic therapists
- •Dental technicians
- •Clinical dental technicians
- •Direct access
- •12.4 Requirements for the practice of dentistry
- •Regulation by the general dental council
- •Education
- •Conduct
- •When concerns are raised
- •Fitness to practise investigations
- •Initial assessment of concern or received information
- •Investigating committee
- •The interim orders committee
- •The practice committees
- •Advertising
- •Websites
- •Other requirements for the practice of dentistry
- •Professional indemnity
- •The first steps
- •Continuing education
- •Dental core training (DCT)
- •Specialist training
- •General dental practice
- •Continuing professional education
- •Professional organisations and societies
- •Ability and experience
- •Referrals
- •12.5 Records and documentation
- •Records
- •Data protection
- •Retention of records
- •Medical history
- •Consent and related matters
- •Implied consent
- •Verbal consent
- •Written consent
- •Special cases
- •Age of the patient
- •Adults lacking capacity
- •Life-saving procedures
- •Chaperones
- •12.6 General anaesthesia and sedation
- •General anaesthesia
- •The referring dentist
- •The dentist treating a patient under general anaesthesia
- •Treatment under general anaesthesia
- •Sedation
- •Chaperones
- •12.7 Complaints procedure and negligence
- •‘Mixing’
- •Parliamentary and health service ombudsman
- •GDC complaints service
- •Negligence
- •Contributory negligence
- •Unsuitable treatment
- •Vicarious liability
- •The bolam principle test
- •Time limits
- •Legal aid/contingency fees
- •The woolf report
- •Fast-track timetable
- •Multitrack timetable
- •12.8 Laws and regulations
- •Employment
- •Termination
- •Discrimination
- •Employers’ liabilities
- •Premises and working environment
- •Health and safety at work legislation
- •Ionising radiations regulations
- •Control of substances hazardous to health regulations 2002 (COSHH)
- •The control of mercury (enforcement) regulations 2017
- •Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations (2013)
- •Freedom of information act (2000 or 2002 in Scotland)
- •Care quality commission
- •Disclosure and barring service (DBS)
- •Never events
- •Safeguarding
- •Whistleblowing
- •Friends and family tests
- •General liability
- •Discrimination
- •Legislation involved in dental treatment
- •The consumer protection act 1987
- •Social security acts
- •Agreements and contracts of employment
- •Awareness of the law
- •Acronyms
- •Self-assessment: Questions
- •Multiple choice questions (true/false)
- •Single best answer questions
- •Essay questions
- •Self-assessment: Answers
- •Multiple choice answers
- •Single best answer question answers
- •Essay questions
- •Index


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Master Dentistry
Volume 2: Restorative Dentistry,
Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics
FOURTH EDITION
Giles McCracken, BDS, PhD, FDSRCPS(Glasg),
FDS(Rest Dent), PGCAP FHEA
Professor of Restorative Dentistry
School of Dental Sciences
Newcastle University/Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Contents
Preface, vi
Using this Book, vii
List of Contributors, xi
1 Periodontology, 1
GILES McCRACKEN and RICHARD HOLLIDAY
2 Endodontics, 48
SIMON STONE and PHILLIP TOMSON
3 Conservative Dentistry, 86
SIMON STONE and OLIVER SAMUEL BAILEY
4 Prosthodontics, 115
JANICE ELLIS and IAN ELLIS
5 Restorative Management of Dental
Implants, 139
FRANCIS NOHL
6 Conscious Sedation in Dentistry, 148
NIGEL DOUGLAS ROBB
7 Paediatric Dentistry I, 168
ALISON CAIRNS and JILLIAN PHILLIPS
8 Paediatric Dentistry II, 193
ALISON CAIRNS and CATHERINE McCANN
9 Orthodontics I: Development, Assessment
and Treatment Planning, 217
DECLAN MILLETT
10 Orthodontics II: Management of Occlusal
Problems, 249
DECLAN MILLETT
11 Orthodontics III: Appliances and Tooth
Movement, 285
DECLAN MILLETT
12 Professionalism, Law and Ethics, 305
HEIDI BATEMAN and DOUGLAS LOVELOCK
Index, 334
v

Preface
The philosophy behind this textbook remains unchanged
from that of my predecessor editor Peter Heasman and the
chapter authors of all three editions. The emphasis remains
on supporting the reader’s understanding, learning and
self-assessment so that they are able to explore their own
level of knowledge, identify their strengths and, perhaps
more importantly, weaknesses or gaps in their knowledge
base, which can then be addressed. Basically, this book
comprises 12 chapters on key aspects of restorative dentistry, sedation, paediatric dentistry, orthodontics and professionalism.
Feedback from undergraduate dental students continues
to confirm that they value the structure of the book, especially the sections on assessment. The popularity of various
assessment methods, however, continues to change on a
regular basis and those assessment methods presented
in this textbook have been reviewed to ensure that they
remain in touch with contemporary education philosophy.
This edition has ‘single best answer’ format questions introduced in most chapters.
I should like to record my sincere thanks to Peter who
brought me in as a chapter author initially and suggested I
step forward as editor. The foundations of this book are
strong, I hope that the modifications and additions to the
work of you and the previous chapter authors adds further
value to our readers.
I am grateful and thank my colleagues Dr Hawa Fathi
and Mr Khaleel Shazada for sharing and discussing their
knowledge and insights into Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in education, the wider world and how it relates to the
themes and topics in this book.
Finally, I am deeply indebted to the hard work, patience
and talents of the contributing authors. They are experts in
their respective specialties and have worked diligently to
revise and update this fourth edition of Master Dentistry
Volume 2. Thank you all!
GIM
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
2020
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Using This Book
Philosophy of the Book
Most students need a textbook that will provide all the basic
facts within a discipline and that also facilitates understanding of the subject. This textbook achieves these objectives
and also provides test questions for the student to explore
their level of knowledge. It is also important for students to
achieve a ‘feel for the subject’ and learn communication
skills.
The book is designed to provide basic information necessary to pass an undergraduate examination in restorative,
paediatric and orthodontic dentistry. It also expands on the
core curriculum to allow the motivated student an opportunity to pursue the subject in greater detail. The information
is presented in such a way as to aid recall for examination
purposes and also to facilitate understanding of the subject.
Key facts are highlighted, and principles of diagnosis and
management emphasised. It is hoped that the book will also
be a satisfactory basis for postgraduate practice and studies.
Do not think though that this book offers a ‘syllabus’. It
is impossible to draw boundaries around the scientific basis
and clinical practice of dentistry. Learning is, therefore, a
continuous process carried out throughout your career.
This book includes all that you must know, most of what
you should know and some of what you might already know.
We assume that you are working towards one or more
examinations, probably in order to qualify. Our purpose is to
show you how to overcome this barrier. As we feel strongly
that learning is not simply for the purpose of passing examinations, the book aims to help you to pass but also to
develop useful knowledge and understanding.
This introductory chapter aims to help you:
n
to understand how the emphasis on self-assessment can
make learning easier and more enjoyable
n
to use this book to increase your understanding as well
as knowledge
n
to plan your learning.
LAYOUT AND CONTENTS
Each chapter begins with a brief overview of the content
and a number of learning objectives are listed at the start of
each subsection. The main part of the text in each chapter
describes important topics in major subject areas. We have
tried to provide the essential information in a logical order
with explanations and links. In order to help you, we have
used lists to set out frameworks and to make it easier for you
to put facts in a rational sequence. Tables are used to link
quite complex and more detailed information. Techniques
used in various procedures are listed in boxes.
You have to be sure that you are reaching the required
standards, so the final section of each chapter is there to
help you to check your knowledge and understanding.
The self-assessment is in the form of multiple choice
questions, extended matching items questions, case histories, short notes, data interpretation, possible viva
questions and picture questions. Questions are designed
to integrate knowledge across different chapters and to
focus on the decisions you will have to take in a given
clinical situation. Detailed answers are given with reference to relevant sections of the text; the answers also
contain information and explanations that you will not
find elsewhere, so you have to do the assessments to get
the most out of this book.
How to Use This Book
If you are using this book as part of your examination
preparations, we suggest that your first task should be to
map out on a sheet of paper three lists dividing the major
subjects (corresponding to the chapter headings) into your
strong, reasonable and weak areas. This will give you a
rough outline of your revision schedule, which you must
then fit in with the time available. Clearly, if your examinations are looming, you will have to be ruthless in the time
allocated to your strong areas. The major subjects should be
further classified into individual topics. Encouragement to
store information and to test your ongoing improvement is
by the use of the self-assessment sections – you must not
just read passively. It is important to keep checking your
current level of knowledge, both strengths and weaknesses.
This should be assessed objectively – self-rating in the
absence of testing can be misleading. You may consider
yourself strong in a particular area whereas it is more a
reflection on how much you enjoy and are stimulated by
the subject. Conversely, you may be weaker in a subject
than you would expect simply because the topic does not
appeal to you.
It is a good idea to discuss topics and problems with colleagues/friends; the areas that you understand least well
will soon become apparent when you try to explain them to
someone else.
Effective Learning
You may have wondered why an approach to learning that
was so successful in secondary school does not always work
at university. One of the key differences between your studies at school and your current learning task is that you are
now given more responsibility for setting your own learning objectives. While your aims are undoubtedly to pass
examinations, you should also aim to develop learning
skills that will serve you throughout your career. That
means taking full responsibility for self-directed learning.
The earlier you start, the more likely you are to develop the
learning skills you will need to keep up with changes in
clinical practice.
We know that students learn in all sorts of different ways,
and differ in their learning patterns at different stages in a
given course. You may intend to do as little work as you can
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get away with, or you may do the least that will guarantee
to get you through the examinations; however, the students
who gain most are usually those who take a deep and sustained interest in the subject. It will be worth the effort to
start out this way, even if good intentions flag a little towards
the end.
You will also get more out of your course by participating
actively. Handouts, if given, may help, but they are rarely a
satisfactory substitute for your own lecture notes. Remember that timetabled teaching sessions are not the only opportunities for effective learning. It is safer to regard lectures, practicals and tutorials as a guide to the core material
that you are expected to master. Greater depth and breadth
to this core knowledge must be achieved by reference to
more detailed texts. Well-organised departments will provide a set of learning objectives and a reading list early in
the course. Many lecturers will give more detailed learning
objectives, either in their handouts or verbally at the start
of a lecture. If not, paragraph headings can be used as a
rough guide to the teacher’s expectations. An active approach to learning does not necessarily mean being highly
individualistic or overcompetitive. Many students gain a
broader and deeper understanding of the subject by working in small informal groups. This may be particularly helpful when it comes to revision.
The final run up to examinations should require little
more than a tying up of loose ends and a filling of learning
gaps. An effective way of doing this is to work through a
steady stream of self-assessment questions and to keep a
daily note of points that need clearing up. In other words,
concentrate on what you do not know and strengthen the
links with what you already know. By this time, the value
of pigeonholing factual information within a framework
should be self-evident.
APPROACHING THE EXAMINATIONS
The discipline of learning is closely linked to preparation for
examinations. Many of us opt for a process of superficial
learning that is directed towards retention of facts and recall under examination conditions because full understanding is often not required. It is much better if you try to acquire a deeper knowledge and understanding, combining
the necessity of passing examinations with longer-term
needs, particularly with the prospect of continuing professional development after qualification.
First you need to know how you will be examined. Does
the examination involve clinical assessment such as history
taking and clinical examination? If you are sitting a written
examination, what are the length and types of questions?
How many must you answer and how much choice will you
have?
Now you have to choose what sources you are going to
use for your learning and revision. Textbooks come in different forms. At one extreme, there is the large reference book.
This type of book should be avoided at this stage of revision
and only used (if at all) for reference, when answers to questions cannot be found in smaller books. At the other end of
the spectrum is the condensed ‘lecture note’ format, which
often relies heavily on lists. Facts of this nature on their
own are difficult to remember if they are not supported by
understanding. In the middle of the range are the mediumsized textbooks. These are often valuable irrespective of
whether you are approaching final university examinations
or the first part of professional examinations. Our advice is
to choose one of the several medium-sized books on offer on
the basis of which you find the most readable. The best
approach is to combine your lecture notes, textbooks (appropriate to the level of study) and past examination papers
as a framework for your preparation.
Armed with information about the format of the examinations, a rough syllabus, your own lecture notes and some
books that you feel comfortable in using, your next step is to
map out the time available for preparation. You must be
realistic, allow time for breaks and work steadily, not cramming. If you do attempt to cram, you have to realise that
only a certain amount of information can be retained in
your short-term memory. Cramming simply retains facts. If
the examination requires understanding, you will undoubtedly have problems.
It is often a good idea to begin by outlining the topics to
be covered and then attempting to summarise your knowledge about each in note form. In this way, your existing
knowledge will be activated and any gaps will become apparent. Self-assessment also helps to determine the time to
be allocated to each subject for examination preparation. If
you are consistently scoring excellent marks in a particular
subject, it is not very effective to spend a lot of time trying
to achieve the ‘perfect’ mark.
In an essay, it is many times easier to obtain the first 50%
of the marks than the last. You should also try to decide on
the amount of time to assign to each subject based on the
likelihood of it appearing in the examination.
THE MAIN TYPES OF EXAMINATION
Multiple Choice Questions
Most multiple choice questions test recall of information.
The aim is to gain the maximum marks from what you
can remember. The common form consists of a stem with
several different phrases that complete the statement.
Each statement is to be considered in isolation from the
rest and you have to decide whether it is ‘True’ or ‘False’.
There is no need for ‘Trues’ and ‘Falses’ to balance out for
statements based on the same stem; they may all be ‘True’
or all ‘False’. The stem must be read with great care and,
if it is long with several lines of text or data, you should try
and summarise it by extracting the essential elements.
Make sure you look out for the ‘little’ words in the stem
such as only, rarely, usually, never and always. Negatives
such as not, unusual and unsuccessful often cause marks to
be lost. May occur has entirely different connotations to
characteristic. The latter generally indicates a feature that
is normally observed, the absence of which would represent an exception to a general rule, e.g. regular elections
are a characteristic of a democratic society. Regular (if
dubious) elections may occur in a dictatorship but they
are not characteristic.
Remember to check the marking method before starting. Some still employ a negative system in which marks
are lost for incorrect answers. The temptation is to adopt
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