Suzanne Noble - Clinical Textbook of Dental Hygiene and Therapy

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Clinical textbook of dental hygiene and therapy / edited by Suzanne Noble. 2nd ed.
p. ; cm.
Rev. ed. of: Clinical textbook of dental hygiene and therapy / [edited by] Robert Ireland. 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-470-65837-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)
I. Noble, Suzanne.
[DNLM: 1. Tooth DiseasesProblems and Exercises. 2. Oral HealthProblems and Exercises.
WU 140]
617.601076dc23

2011044219

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Suzanne L. Noble BDS, MFGDP, MDentSci, FHEA

Director of the Birmingham School of Dental Hygiene & Therapy

The University of Birmingham

Birmingham, UK
Suzanne Noble is the Director of the Birmingham School of Dental Hygiene and Therapy. Having qualified from Birmingham University in 1980, she obtained the MFGDP in 1992 and MDentSci in 1995. She has 25 years experience teaching dental hygienists and 8 years teaching dental therapists. She is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has lectured widely as the team approach to Management of Oral Disease and has co-developed a postgraduate training programme for dental hygienists and therapists in the West Midlands.

Sheila Phillips EDT, EDH

Principal Dental Therapy and Dental Hygiene Lecturer

University of Portsmouth

Portsmouth, UK
Sheila Phillips is Principal Dental Therapy and Dental Hygiene Lecturer at the Dental Academy, University of Portsmouth. Sheila Phillips qualified as a dental therapist in 1981 and a dental hygienist in 1982. For the last 19 years she has been involved in the education and training of dental hygienists and dental therapists. She is a member of the Higher Education Academy.

Henk S. Brand PhD

Assistant Professor

Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA)

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Henk S. Brand studied biology at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. He was awarded his Masters degree in 1986 and his PhD in 1990. He is Assistant Professor at the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), with a research interest in the relation between systemic diseases and oral health. He lectures to both undergraduate and postgraduate students and has published over 90 research papers. He is editor of the international textbook Local Anaesthesia in Dentistry and a Dutch textbook for dental students, General Pathology for Dentists.
Arjan Vissink DDS, MD, PhD

Professor of Oral Medicine

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery University Medical Center Groningen

Groningen, The Netherlands
Arjan Vissink graduated as a dentist at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. In 1985, he defended his PhD thesis entitled Xerostomia. Development, properties and application of a mucin-containing saliva substitute. Between 1987 and 1992 he was a fellow of the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences. During this period he studied the mechanism and the prevention of irradiation-damage to salivary gland tissue. Thereafter, he became a resident in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Since 1996 he is employed as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon at the University Medical Center Groningen. In 1999 he graduated as a physician. In 2003 he was appointed as a professor in Oral Medicine at the University of Groningen. His research focuses on oral medicine (in particular the relation between systemic diseases and oral health), reconstructive preprosthetic surgery and implant dentistry. Arjan Vissink has (co)authored many scientific publications and books.

Paula Farthing BSc, BDS, PhD, FDSRCS, FRCPath, FEA

Professor and Honorary Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology

School of Clinical Dentistry

Sheffield, UK
Paula Farthing has extensive experience of undergraduate education for both dental hygiene and therapy students including curriculum innovation, development and implementation. She is a member of the Teachers Group of the British Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, a member of the Higher Education Academy and Director of Learning and Teaching in Sheffield. Her research interests lie in the area of mucosal immunology and include the diagnosis and pathogenesis of mucosal disease.

Avijit Banerjee BDS, MSc, PhD (Lond), LDS FDS (Rest Dent), FDS RCS (Eng), FHEA

Professor of Cariology & Operative Dentistry & Hon. Consultant in Restorative Dentistry

Kings College, London, UK
After qualifying from Guys Dental School in 1993, Professor Avijit Banerjee currently holds a chair in Cariology & Operative Dentistry and Hon. Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at the Kings College London Dental Institute, Kings Health Partners, London. He also holds a visiting Chair in Restorative Dentistry at the Oman Dental College as well as being a specialist practitioner in Restorative Dentistry, Periodontics and Prosthodontics in the UK. He is the primary author of the definitive text in his specialist area,